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In reply to the discussion: I heard a good explanation of why Trump voters went nuts for Trump. [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)a branding genius over and over.
fox and son media, and internet are part of the free speech spectrum - the RW radio monopoly has eliminated and excluded competition and alternatives in political talk radio
fox gets most of the blame but radio has a much bigger audience and most people can't watch tv while driving and working. and it can't do the repetition radio can. and it can't lie as blatantly or be as blatantly racist or sexist without being noticed, if not called out.
trump was known to listen to the radio and limbaugh was his neighbor, attack dog, defender, and most important ally. when he wanted to keep republicans in line he's just do a photo op with limbaugh at the golf course.
fox followed limbaugh
fox wasn't around for the first 10 years of the RW radio monopoly when it deified reagan, got the GOP congress for the first time in decades, started a 30 years record partisanship, and so on
if we hadn't been ignoring the real problem and blaming fox all this time bush jr and trump would never have gotten anywhere near the WH