The GOP hold on most of American radio seems pretty unshakable, but Democrats must get into the talk-radio game before ever more damage is done.

  • @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    772 months ago

    Ronald Reagan started the fight to get rid of the Fairness Doctrine.

    Back in the Cronkite Era, if a station ran an editorial it had to provide equal time for opposing views.

    • @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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      462 months ago

      Rush Limbaugh and his gross career owes its entire existence to that. He is someone who believes that drug dealers and smugglers need to be shot without trial… and he himself was a drug dealer when he was hard for cash.

      Tells you a good deal of what kind of person we’re dealing with here.

      • @aesthelete@lemmy.world
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        202 months ago

        He is someone who believes…

        I just want to point out that this dude is dead in case you hadn’t heard that piece of good news.

        • @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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          52 months ago

          Oh I know he’s dead. Best part is he is so old school that he dies at the age of 70. Which was the life expectancy of that time period.