Completely unrelated but here’s the Wikipedia for an interesting book called The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Image:_A_Guide_to_Pseudo...
Similarly, you might be interested in the Adam Curtis documentary HyperNormalisation: https://vimeo.com/191817381
(1962) is shockingy relevant. I have to read more dystopian sci fi from that era just to keep up with current event
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Have you read it, and if so, do you recommend it?