C. J. Cherryh Quote

What happened this far remote would have little political impact on Earth. What the visual media could not carry into living rooms, the general public could not long remain exercised about. Statistically, a majority of the electorate could not or did not read complicated issues; no pictures, no news; no news, no event.

Book 2, Chapter 2 (p. 118) - Downbelow Station (1981)