The news media have not been very encouraging of late. Watergate succeeds Vietnam as a source of wearying negativism; the assassination attempt on Princess Anne and the violence of the Symbionese Liberation Army bring disquieting memories of the Sixties. Inflation, the energy crisis, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East endure or recur as intimations of the sorry state of things.
In addition, the welter of current cultural data seems no less disheartening and confusing than before. The Exorcist has broken all box office records; sex magazines like Playgirl, Penthouse, and Oui still flood the newsstands; and college youths were “streaking” all spring.
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