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Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of Ame
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"Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam"

- Marshall McLuhan

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Canada Flag This quote is written / told by Marshall McLuhan between July 21, 1911 and December 31, 1980. He/she was a famous Sociologist from Canada. The author also have 53 other quotes.

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