Quote of the day
The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.
Todd Gitlin
Born: January 6, 1943
Died: February 5, 2022 (aged 79)
Bio: Todd Gitlin was an American sociologist, political writer, novelist, and cultural commentator. He wrote widely on the mass media, politics, intellectual life and the arts, for both popular and scholarly publications.
Known for:
- The whole world is watching (1980)
- Inside prime time (1983)








