Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
than intellectual rigor. When
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
mean anything at all. On the front page of the gray old Times, I’m liable to encounter a chatty article about frying with propane gas. CNN lavished hours of airtime on a runaway bride. The magisterial tones of Walter Cronkite, America’s rich uncle, are lost to history, replaced by the ex-cheerleader mom style of Katie Couric. One reason the notion
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internet. Landline TV, restricted for years to one or two channels in a few developed
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
because he looked and sounded like the wealthy uncle to whom children in the family are forced to listen for profitable life lessons. When he
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
quantify that last statement. Several of us—analysts of events—were transfixed by the magnitude of the new
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
answers presented themselves,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
change. Overload speaks to our dazed mental reaction. Then there are the trivially obvious flood
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
despite the arrival of
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
the Vietnam War, shock waves rattled the marble palaces of Washington.