Ever read Fahrenheit 451? (Score 1)

In the book by Ray Bradbury, the leaders of modern society enstated a ban on all books, literature, newspaper, etc. Their reason for doing this was because the disadvantage of spreading propaganda through written materials is that the written words cannot be changed to reflect changes in their policy. This gave them more control over the present because they only used TV to spread propaganda. I guess RB didn't forsee the invention of modern devices like VCR's and Tivo's, but Real-Time Editting of TV broadcasts is a weapon against those types of devices :) God help us all!