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In reply to the discussion: Just yesterday, I read an OP asking why we didn't have progressive media to counter Fox/Limbaugh [View all]sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)66. So let's do something about radio propaganda
Can we reach out to college students to protest their hate radio stations?
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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
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Mark Thompson, Michelangelo Signorile, Dean Obeidallah, and Karen Hunter.
Proud liberal 80
Apr 2018
#3
The OP stated there isnt progressive media to counter the right wing noise
mountain grammy
Apr 2018
#55
sorry - that's a bullshit RW argument that trolls and ignorant liberals have perpetrated
certainot
Apr 2018
#43
maybe a bit harsh but it's important to end the lie that talk radio represents american demand
certainot
Apr 2018
#80
i disagree - they created the demand for a lot of it. talk radio went for 9 yrs before fox
certainot
Apr 2018
#88
i think it's a combination genetic, environmental but 'sex on the wrong brain' authoritarianism
certainot
Apr 2018
#91
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
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
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
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
I've 4 friends who've told me that they've signed that Change.org petition ...
LenaBaby61
Apr 2018
#39
There is a big hole in the market. I would like to see someone step up to the plate
smirkymonkey
Apr 2018
#72
well i like news analysis from a leftist perspective, not DNC neoliberal talking points.
m-lekktor
Apr 2018
#85