Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
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)








