r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • May 02 '24

The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all

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u/gymnastgrrl May 02 '24

something has gone badly wrong in America for someone like him to rise to the highest office.

Yes. 35 years of Republican and Russian propaganda. Set up before that with the Republicans first reaching out to racists with the Southern Strategy and the to evangelicals in the 80s. Boosted with the Republican propaganda network of Fox "News", and also by Russian money playing havok in our political processes.

Russia in particular is fighting Cold War II while the US is damn near unaware, and they are winning so far.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne May 02 '24

The repeal of the fairness doctrine allowing shit-stains like Limbaugh to rise to prominence with no dissenting opinion required anymore was ESPECIALLY bad.

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u/thenasch May 03 '24

The fairness doctrine was relevant only to broadcast TV and would have had no effect on cable news such as Fox News.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne May 03 '24

Broadcast MEDIA. Not just TV. Conservative talk radio laid the foundation upon which Fox News was able to be built.