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Xolodno

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38. Simple, "outrage" sells...

Wed Apr 25, 2018, 11:19 PM

Apr 2018

And not just on the right, but left too. So here in the USA...

Right wingers are outraged for a lot of shit.

Those on the left get outraged at the right AND those on the left who commit "mortal sin".

Of course, it does go both ways. The communist revolutions were often started because of outrage against the right. Of course, the result was capitalist tycoons backing off, transferring blame to the government, accepting some concessions to the workers, manufacturing baloney ideology about how the wealthy help the poor, etc. But as of late, that seems to be starting to fail...but, that much of a change doesn't happen in a few years or a couple of election cycles. It takes several decades.

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Just yesterday, I read an OP asking why we didn't have progressive media to counter Fox/Limbaugh [View all] EffieBlack Apr 2018 OP

Truth. nt. spicysista Apr 2018 #1

Amen Effie! JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #2

Mark Thompson, Michelangelo Signorile, Dean Obeidallah, and Karen Hunter. Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #3

Where can I listen to them? IluvPitties Apr 2018 #13

Sirius XM Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #40

Don't have Sirius XM... IluvPitties Apr 2018 #44

Insight is a great station too. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #52

And all the weekend crew on Sirius/XM progressive! Docreed2003 Apr 2018 #23

Joe Madison, John Fuglesang, Stephanie Miller, Pete Dominick mountain grammy Apr 2018 #32

Not a fan of Madison or Miller Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #41

The OP stated there isnt progressive media to counter the right wing noise mountain grammy Apr 2018 #55

What purity test Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #56

No, I wasnt talking about you mountain grammy Apr 2018 #58

No problem Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #64

"but he is too rude to his callers." BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #69

Again I agree with everything he says politically Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #75

LOL BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #77

Yeah I listen to hunter Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #78

Wakanda forever! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #79

What channel and time does Bradley have a show? NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #60

Hes on Saturday. American Voices on POTUS. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #63

Air America Crutchez_CuiBono Apr 2018 #4

Sirius XM 127 and 126 Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #42

TY Crutchez_CuiBono Apr 2018 #51

Not Air America Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #65

Ok TY. Crutchez_CuiBono Apr 2018 #71

um...sirius ain't exactly radio for da masses dembotoz Apr 2018 #86

Lol Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #93

Yep mcar Apr 2018 #5

That's a fact. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #6

its because talk radio feeds on anger and agression and hate, which is lacking msongs Apr 2018 #7

Ding ding ding. +100 sharedvalues Apr 2018 #9

that's 30 years of talk radio the left stupidly ignores certainot Apr 2018 #45

Not True PaulX2 Apr 2018 #18

And Stephanie PaulX2 Apr 2018 #20

I like Stephanie Miller a lot NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #61

+1. I hate Republicans with the heat of a thousand suns. SunSeeker Apr 2018 #21

I call your suns and raise you a 100,00! kairos12 Apr 2018 #25

LOL SunSeeker Apr 2018 #27

sorry - that's a bullshit RW argument that trolls and ignorant liberals have perpetrated certainot Apr 2018 #43

So let's do something about radio propaganda sharedvalues Apr 2018 #66

artificial intelligence may make that a lot easier now certainot Apr 2018 #81

Imo, you owe Msongs an apology. Failure to put FEAR first as Hortensis Apr 2018 #67

maybe a bit harsh but it's important to end the lie that talk radio represents american demand certainot Apr 2018 #80

It's both, isn't it? Hortensis Apr 2018 #82

i disagree - they created the demand for a lot of it. talk radio went for 9 yrs before fox certainot Apr 2018 #88

Certain, that quote attributed to Lincoln is at least Hortensis Apr 2018 #89

i think it's a combination genetic, environmental but 'sex on the wrong brain' authoritarianism certainot Apr 2018 #91

One future of progressive media is podcasts sharedvalues Apr 2018 #8

I disagree & think it's exactly the opposite. CrispyQ Apr 2018 #10

How do you fight the attacks when many of them are coming from inside the house? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #11

ABSOLUTELY... I don't know why some are so eager to believe the worst about our allies hlthe2b Apr 2018 #12

Oh I know why. They are willing to believe anything about someone who doesnt like Bernie stevenleser Apr 2018 #14

This combined with good old-fashioned racism kcr Apr 2018 #54

You win the prize. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #15

Exactly...well put. NRaleighLiberal Apr 2018 #16

we don't have progressive media to counter Fox/Limbaugh because ... Snake Plissken Apr 2018 #17

I think you're dead on! EffieBlack Apr 2018 #19

The imbeciles, the racists, the fascists, and the conspiracy nuts combine to create Elwood P Dowd Apr 2018 #24

Well having fifty to one ratio outlet on corporate radio and TV of so called news and talk helps nolabels Apr 2018 #48

That is a good point. Although, I listen to MSNBC on Sirius Radio in the car. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #36

+1, uponit7771 Apr 2018 #37

Ours is print media treestar Apr 2018 #57

K & R SunSeeker Apr 2018 #22

it's because big media is a big corporation right wing TalenaGor Apr 2018 #26

It's absolutely mindblowing Snake Plissken Apr 2018 #29

We did about 15 years ago..lib talk radio Demovictory9 Apr 2018 #28

Yeah somehow foaming at the mouth and yelling at the radio while throwing furniture around Snake Plissken Apr 2018 #33

Talk radio is not sustainable...if big donors did not subsidize rightie radio, it would be gone... Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #34

Clearchannel took over America's local radio, Bain Capital took over Clearchannel, Clearchannel..... nolabels Apr 2018 #50

And yet I bet they survive somehow. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #59

before Bain took over CC, CC did have AirAmerica on many stations rurallib Apr 2018 #83

agreed NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #62

So true...attacking Joy ...joining the right to do so...they sound like Breitbart followers. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #30

That and the fact that there isn't an untapped audience for "progressive media". brooklynite Apr 2018 #31

The idea is that some hosts will get the other side to listen and convert them...and it does happen. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #35

Simple, "outrage" sells... Xolodno Apr 2018 #38

I've 4 friends who've told me that they've signed that Change.org petition ... LenaBaby61 Apr 2018 #39

Amen, Effie. So-called progressives fall for ratfcking every damn time. Hekate Apr 2018 #46

Effie have you considered those attacks aren't coming from the left rufus dog Apr 2018 #47

There are many on the nebulous "left"... OneGrassRoot Apr 2018 #53

:) +1. Maybe think "dissident left" because they're always Hortensis Apr 2018 #70

Well said!!! OneGrassRoot Apr 2018 #84

I'm still thanking political psychologists for replacing Hortensis Apr 2018 #92

Those in NYC and San Francisco have Pacifica KSNY Apr 2018 #49

welcome to DU gopiscrap Apr 2018 #94

She shines a light on a certain failed non-Democrat. nt LexVegas Apr 2018 #68

There is a big hole in the market. I would like to see someone step up to the plate smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #72

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! SMC22307 Apr 2018 #73

Because we don't believe in that kind of propaganda... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #74

I agree workinclasszero Apr 2018 #76

well i like news analysis from a leftist perspective, not DNC neoliberal talking points. m-lekktor Apr 2018 #85

Correct malaise Apr 2018 #87

Google create your own pirate radio Iwasthere Apr 2018 #90