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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wish Steyer could get together with other progressives and buy up TV stations
We have local right wing TV just like radio
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I wish Steyer could get together with other progressives and buy up TV stations (Original Post)
MattP
Oct 2017
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SHRED
(28,136 posts)1. They should
RW media runs even at a loss to flood the airwaves.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)2. That's an excellent suggestion because 40% of stations are about to be owned
by the right wing nutjobs who force local stations to have Sebastian Gorka commentary pieces.
world wide wally
(21,742 posts)3. The medium is the message
CrispyQ
(36,461 posts)4. The dems have had their head in the sand on this issue for 35+ years.
Buy some damned stations & run them at a loss if you have too, but do something to counter the hate fest that's on AM radio throughout huge areas of our country.
MichMan
(11,917 posts)5. You mean like Al Gore did with Current?
Took losses for awhile and then sold out to Al Jazeera for the $$
MattP
(3,304 posts)6. Local TV stations don't lose money ABC, Fox, and CBS