Many people are too busy to check anything out, so they just assume that accusations are valid. Maybe he is bad. Senator Crump is a jerk. Opinion is divided about whether or not Senator Crump tortures animals for fun. The medium selects the message.
Television is mostly pictorial, partly aural, and very little textual.
Such works had to be trimmed, expanded, or left unpublished. Many books would have been excellent articles rather than the over-inflated books they are, but books get more respect. This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. Henry When the media are present, especially film news or television media, people behave much differently from the way they would if not being filmed.