Hearts televisions

In Clark's world thousands or millions of
televisions would be turned on at the same time, but
most would be split among less than twenty channels.
Here the viewership was split among hundreds of
channels, a cacophony of talking heads expressing
views on politics, religion and every topic under the
sun.

So when that din began to change, when those
thousands of channels began to shrink as more and
more televisions began to switch to a single station,
Clark noticed.

What he heard left a sinking feeling in his
stomach.

"It's cold and dark and there isn't a man here who
isn't afraid. Those who have cell phones are sharing
them; attempting to get their last messages out to the
people they love." The man speaking had a deep,
melodious voice. It sounded resigned, as though all
hope had been washed away, and all that was left was
duty.

Pgs. 37-38