commonplace book. n. Formerly Book of common places (see commonplace n. 3). orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement.
OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 5 April 2015.
commonplace blog. n A commonplace book in a blog.
Friday, August 7, 2015
Who's US media afraid of?
The American media are not afraid of the government. They are afraid of their audiences and audiences. The media do not control you. They pander to you.
Brooke Gladstone, The Influencing Machine (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2011), p. xiv
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