Hightower gives credit to Thom Hartmann and his book Unequal Protection for much of the background of his article... (at least I think he does..)
I've been a very devoted, long time follower of Hartmann and I'm still on his mailing list for his daily posts. I even won an autographed book from him in one of his radio contests. I never knew of Bernie Sanders until the Brunch with Bernie segments on Thom's show.
However, I became disappointed when he put his show behind the paywall and IMO went all out commercializing his brand. His choice of course, and I fully understand. However, I think we all could have benefited from his knowledge and sense of history this past election cycle by freely sharing his insight, cutting through the fake news and in Barack Obama's paraphrased words, "Putting eyeballs on the truth.."
BTW, I tried to get Thom's show aired here in our state... one station owner told me directly that the money he gets for airing Limbaugh was too good to ignore and that Hartmann's show was "scary...truthfully scary.." and that's why his stations (7 throughout our state) would never air his show.
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