“The viewer of television, the listener to radio, the reader of magazines, is **presented with a whole complex of elements**—all the way from ingenious rhetoric to carefully selected data and statistics—**to make it easy for him to “make up his own mind” with the minimum of difficulty and effort**.” ([Location 167](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004PYDAPE&location=167)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[overwhelm]], [[squid-inking]], [[influence]], **Source** -- [[20250103084100 - B - How to Read a Book]]