W. H. Auden
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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  • Applewhite, Ashton; Tripp Evans; Andrew Frothingham (1992). And I Quote: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speech-Maker. St. Martin's Press. pp. Page 328. ISBN 0312068972.