The media has been one of those institutions that in the past in the past was referred to as the “Fourth Estate” presumably because it was hold holding political and other institutions accountable. Many now accuse the press, Hollywood and academia of complacency in this regard; of having lost their way, and being on the “left.”
In one of his essays, George Bernard Shaw gave a completely different take on such a turn of events where he raised the question: “Have you ever wondered why I am a Communist?” His answer was: “Well, it is largely because of my sense of the great importance of leisure in civilized society.”
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