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W. H. Auden Quotes: What the mass media offer is not popular art but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food forgotten and replaced by a new dish.
         

What the mass media offer is not popular art but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food forgotten and replaced by a new dish.


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