"Perhaps
the most obvious political effect of controlled news is the advantage
it gives powerful people in getting their issues on the political
agenda and defining those issues in ways likely to influence their
resolution.": W. Lance Bennett - Author, professor at University of Washington Source: News: The Politics of Illusion, 1983
"Make
men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty
follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against
the artillery of opinion.": William Godwin - (1756-1836)
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24 May 2013
- You can just stick this portable outlet to your window to start using solar power!
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in design, the plug just attaches to any window and does its job
intuitively.
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