Bruce Charlton. Addicted To Distraction
Media consists of only four categories:
- Good presented as bad
- Bad presented as Good
(That is to say simple inversion)
- Good presented as Good for a bad reason
- Bad presented as bad for a bad reason
(That is to say explanatory inversion)
These four categories, which can be summarized as either simple or explanatory inversion, account for all sustained and high impact modern major Mass Media stories without any exceptions.
Therefore those who want to free their minds from the Mass Media must first avoid as much Mass Media output as possible, and secondly develop automatic negativistic behaviour towards the Mass Media output which they cannot avoid”.