AM Radio Is The Problem
I've said it before and I will say it again - AM political talk show hosts are the biggest problem in this country. Why? Because they are on the radio 24 hours a day, they can go largely unchecked, fact wise, and they go to the places Democrats fear to tread.
The Trump administration is the dream administration of, by, and for AM radio talk show hosts. It's the product of nearly 40 years of mental conditioning to get people ready for this. He says and does what they are all thinking but won't say it out loud because there's still that pesky FCC that they have to deal with. Entire generations have now been subjected to Limbaugh's hatred and fearmongering through their parents. That's a problem.
And before Limbaugh, states that we now view as hard red like Kansas and Ohio, and Georgia, were once dyed in the wool blue dog Democratic states. They were an almost guarantee that they would turn blue in every election. Not anymore. Since Limbaugh showed up on the scene and started demonizing anyone to the left of JFK, the opposite has happened. These states are now hard right and won't be going back any time soon.
Rush Limbaugh is on the radio for 4 hours a day. Every day. His job is to scare white males as they get into their zip code sized trucks on their commutes. And if Rush Limbaugh s too bland for you, there's Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, who both have direct lines to Trump. If those guys are too bland for you, then you go to the internet hosts like noted racist Wayne Dupree, safe space triggerers Ben Shapiro and Joe Rogan, and the bottom of the sewer, Alex Jones. These guys can say whatever they want, and nobody will call them out on it.
Conservatives have a monopoly on AM radio and it is literally killing this country. They have control over nearly 1500 radio stations across the country and many of them are markets that we'll never go to. They also have three satellite news networks - Fox, Newsmax, and OAN. And they reach the states that Democrats fear to go to. It's why they always win states like Idaho and Kansas and Texas, and why the politics there will likely never change. And it's why people were so easily flipped in 2016 - because they targeted everybody, whether they were properly educated or not. And they were able to convey an anti-Obama message across all of these channels.
Of course there's no remedy to this problem. But until democrats are willing to address the 800 pound gorilla in the room, expect the same shit to happen in 2024 and 2028. And way into the future.
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And they've gone hard right. We get along fine as long as politics aren't brought up. It's why I don't touch Facebook. 
Another thing - magazines. I was in a store one time and I counted nearly 15 different publications related to guns. 15!!! And in contrast only three news magazines - Time, Vanity Fair, and The Atlantic. Unbelievable. 
Instead of broadcasting news and traffic information every hour, they now broadcast Limbaugh and Hannity. I have since removed the station from my presets.
AM radio is ruining lives and tearing apart families. More than just about anything else.
