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What does it mean?
Suppression gets more news than publication; banning books attracts publicity.
In plain terms
Banning books gets more attention than publishing them.
What can you take from it?
Suppression attracts more publicity than publication.

Where it applies

  • book bans
  • media attention
  • censorship

Putting it to work

  • monitoring press
  • tracking controversies
  • evaluating motives

Questions to consider

  • Why does suppression get attention?
  • What does publicity reveal?

Another view

It focuses on the reaction rather than the content.

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