conflicting points of view it can determine the opinions of 
     the population. We do not know much about how this 
     monopolistic effect really works, but it is important to 
     note its singularity. No inference should be drawn 
     regarding the effects of radio as such. It is often 
     forgotten that Hitler did not achieve control through 
     radio but almost despite it, because at the time of his rise 
     to power radio was controlled by his enemies. The 
     monopolistic effects have probably less social importance 
     than is generally assumed.

Professor Lazarsfeld’s helpless unawareness of the nature and 
effects of radio is not a personal defect, but a universally 
shared ineptitude.

     In a radio speech in Munich, March 14, 1936, Hitler said,