The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak of a heart - of the media torrent. Chronic dissatisfaction is at the heart of the matter.

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My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad....

My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad....

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed...

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed...

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of...

As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of...

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of...

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of...

My business is the analytical framework.

My business is the analytical framework.

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others...

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others...

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is...

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is...

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a...

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a...

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half...

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half...

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and...

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and...

My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the...

My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the...

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.

It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives.

So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into...

So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into...

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of...

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of...

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to...

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to...

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into...

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into...

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of...

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of...