Consider a typical paragraph from Slander, a book in which Ann Coulter laments at great length how "the left's media dictatorship- has kept the truth and light of conservatism from a benighted public: "Newspaper editors, TV executives, and publishers could simply refuse to hire or publish conservatives. ... Coulter's highly visible career illustrated how fatuous and dishonest that complaint was long before Slander came out. ... "I hope she makes a zillion dollars and the book flies out of the store, which apparently it is."" ... Several months later Crown Publishers bought her book...

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In the late 20th Century, mass media could be classified[by whom?]  into eight mass media industries: books, newspapers, magazines, recordings, radio, movies, television and the internet. With the explosion of digital communication technology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the question of what forms of media should be classified as "mass media" has become more prominent. For example, it is controversial whether to include cell phones, video games and computer games (such as MMORPGs) in the definition. In the 2000s, a classification called the "seven mass media" became popular. ...

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