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kentuck

(115,346 posts) Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:22 PM Jan 2021

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The Root Cause of the mess we are in today? [View all]

...is right-wing media, of all stripes, from local to national.

They hyped and incited every single conspiracy theory espoused by the Trump supporters and the mob that attacked our Capitol. (It is not 'their house'. We did not vote for them or what they stand for. They are undemocratic and un-American)

The right-wing media pushed the Big Lie about election fraud and are more responsible than anyone for where we are today.

There are too many to name. From local talk radio to Sean Hannity and FOX News propaganda to One News Network to NewsMax to Wall St Journal to Mark Levin to Laura Ingraham to Lou Dobbs to....infinity.

The problem is with right-wing media and their lies.

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The Root Cause of the mess we are in today? [View all] kentuck Jan 2021 OP

Simple fact: propaganda works. tblue37 Jan 2021 #1

Yep DownriverDem Jan 2021 #31

Media yes but who is behind the Con Media StClone Jan 2021 #43

Read Blinded by the Right. prophetic theneworiginal Jan 2021 #58

Bingo..... magicarpet Jan 2021 #2

The problem is that there are no consequences Rorey Jan 2021 #3

Agree !!! TryLogic Jan 2021 #33

Well said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2021 #4

The way they've demonized liberals for decades has to end. Cobalt Violet Jan 2021 #5

I have pondered this for a long time, here is my time line RazzleCat Jan 2021 #61

That's right but the feeder root cause is right wing money that gets funneled their way. nt mtnsnake Jan 2021 #6

GOP destroying good union jobs. applegrove Jan 2021 #7

This is the *huge* elephant in the room. Pobeka Jan 2021 #8

A great article about this topic... WHO POISONED TALK RADIO? tenderfoot Jan 2021 #9

✅ 👆This 👆 underpants Jan 2021 #11

+1000 Celerity Jan 2021 #28

Should be an OP Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #56

K&R Blue Owl Jan 2021 #10

This was as much a strategy as the Southern Strategy Boomerproud Jan 2021 #12

It has been an operation that began with buying up media outlets years ago. Chainfire Jan 2021 #13

Regretfully, DENVERPOPS Jan 2021 #51

We will have to agree to disagree ;) Chainfire Jan 2021 #59

I respect you're disagreeing......... DENVERPOPS Jan 2021 #60

Fair enough Chainfire Jan 2021 #62

Television made Trump. hunter Jan 2021 #14

I recommend explosives. In controlled circumstances of course. littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 #36

The problem starts with white men and ends with white men. nt William769 Jan 2021 #15

And the women that love them. nt littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 #37

Stupidity and propaganda Yeehah Jan 2021 #16

EVEN IF YOU NEVER WATCH FOX NEWS YOU'RE FUNDING THEIR PROGRAMMING GigiLeigh Jan 2021 #17

This is part of what happens when the FCC works for GOP instead of the public. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #53

+1! Add in our campaign finance (bribery) system and you have at least 99% of our problems covered. Dustlawyer Jan 2021 #18

Add in gerrymandering which creates and protects radical congress persons. TryLogic Jan 2021 #34

It all started when they did away with the Fairness Doctrine Ohioboy Jan 2021 #19

Sorry. Didn't see yours before I posted mine immediately below. Absolutely, we need a new PatrickforO Jan 2021 #23

You added more information with your link, no problem from me Ohioboy Jan 2021 #32

+1,000,000 c-rational Jan 2021 #27

One of the first things Congress ought to do is enact a new Fairness Doctrine, one PatrickforO Jan 2021 #20

Story checks out. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #21

And don't forget podcasts! Initech Jan 2021 #22

I have Dish network and found a channel where I can watch Fox, Msnbc and CNN kimbutgar Jan 2021 #24

No: SOCIAL Media Swamp Country Po Boy Jan 2021 #25

24/7 on a lot of 50,000 watt blowtorches n/t hibbing Jan 2021 #26

The bigger problem is that they have a willing audience... OneGrassRoot Jan 2021 #29

The audience is micro-analyzed to determine what can motivate them for the oligarchs. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #54

And there has always been about 1/3... OneGrassRoot Jan 2021 #55

Yeah, that bunch doesn't need to be programmed, just steered. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #57

Right wind media perpetuate... Septua Jan 2021 #30

They have preached "hate the government" for over 40 years** MRDAWG Jan 2021 #35

and RW donors hkp11 Jan 2021 #38

FCC needs to be pulling licenses on some of the hate stations. flying_wahini Jan 2021 #39

Starts as basic sloganeering and quickly becomes propaganda. littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 #40

Nope Spider Jerusalem Jan 2021 #41

Yep. n/t OneGrassRoot Jan 2021 #47

Cannot be overstated: rightwing media broadcasts its propaganda for the most part 100% uncontested. badboy67 Jan 2021 #42

Right wing rabble rousing bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #44

Rupert murdoch should never have been given fcc license JT45242 Jan 2021 #45

Newt Gingrich Rebl2 Jan 2021 #46

and they are STILL pushing the lie! Kablooie Jan 2021 #48

Well, yes and no lonely bird Jan 2021 #49

Don't forget RW Religion! RainCaster Jan 2021 #50

No, the right-wing media is a symptom bluehoo Jan 2021 #52

Right wing media is pure PROPAGANDA, not news. We have 2 sets of reality in this country, BComplex Jan 2021 #63

The propaganda stokes the underlying embers peggysue2 Jan 2021 #64