rporations. He suggests that technology, especially television and radio, are almost completely in the hands of big business and are therefore used to push an agenda of consumerism at the expense of a genuinely improved quality of life.
His reasons include what he presents as "evidence," a series of unattributed quotes sprinkled throughout the article, such as "40% of the research money spent at large corporations in 1987 came out of taxpayers' pockets" (Nader, 1996, p. 4). However, these are less effective because the sources of these "facts" are not cited and the facts themselves seem so broad as to be suspect.
Throughout his essay, Nader uses a number of emotionally laden words and phrases ("injustice," "defense of the family farm," dramatic loss of control"), chosen to rouse his readers to a state of righteous indignation and, he hopes, action. He even manages to invoke the name of Nixon, suggesting that the only president ever forced to resign under extreme disgrace was sig
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