Dumbing Down: Culture, Politics and the Mass Media - Softcover

"The lively intelligence of the essays... cannot and must not be dismissed as the rabid posturing of tired old traditionalists. The debate they ought to inspire is a debate our country desperately needs."--Chris Woodhead "Sunday Telegraph "

"If there is hope at all, it lies in the existence of books like this."--Geoffrey Wheatcroft "Daily Mail "

"At last we have a map of the moronic inferno... perhaps, then, this volume may take its place in the canon of critique."--Laurence Coupe "PN Review "

"An entertaining and informative read, well worth 12.95."--Septimus Waugh "Literary Review ""

"Well-selected and serious essays by known and established writers."--George Wedd "Contemporary Review "

"Page after page of wise insights, acerbic observations, and (mostly) demonstrable propositions... likely to rule unchallenged for a long time to come."--Derek Turner "Chronicles "

"Bold, straight-talking polemic, Dumbing Down tackles the necessary questions of our time."--Marina Warner

"Dumbing down concerns us all. This book is an admirable protest against the process."--Sir John Keegan

"Dumbing Down raises important questions, which most of us would rather not hear, and which our public culture lacks the confidence to deal with."--Anthony O'Hear

"The lively intelligence of the essays... cannot and must not be dismissed as the rabid posturing of tired old traditionalists. The debate they ought to inspire is a debate our country desperately needs."--Chris Woodhead "Sunday Telegraph "