PANTING AFTER YOUTH
November 11, 1996 · Blog
Do you think Americans are ignorant and apathetic about the election?" asks the pollster. "I don't know, and I don't care," answers the citizen, slamming the door.
Media Critic and Author
Edwin Diamond
2 articles 1995–1996
Edwin Diamond was a prominent media critic and professor at New York University who wrote extensively about journalism, television, and new media. He authored several books on media and politics, including works on network news and political advertising. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in its early issues, writing about media culture and the emerging internet hype.
THE TRUTH ABOUT CYBERHYPE
October 30, 1995 · The Scrapbook, Magazine
George Gilder calls the networked computer "a powerful force for democracy, individuality, community, and high culture." Newt Gingrich boasts that THOMAS, the Library of Congress's online system, will shift political clout "toward the citizens and out of the Beltway" because, after all, " knowledge…