how did the older posters here avoid being radicalized by Faux and AM hate radio?

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116. No, they are absolutely reversible.

The Brainwashing of My Dad is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Jen Senko about her father's transformation from a nonpolitical Democrat into a political Republican. The film was mostly funded by a Kickstarter campaign.

my add: This is pre MAGAt (just before, so the newest possible documentary on Fox and the RW media I know of before Trump) so shows the rot did not start with Trump. It was first shown at the Traverse City Film Festival on July 29, 2015, a month and half after Trump's infamous escalator ride/campaign kick-off in Trump Tower on June 16, 2015, so perfect timing as a harbinger of what doom was to come. The full release was on March 18, 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brainwashing_of_My_Dad

Synopsis

As Jen Senko tries to understand the transformation of her father from a nonpolitical Democrat to an angry Republican fanatic, she uncovers the forces behind the media that changed him completely: a plan by Roger Ailes under President Richard Nixon for a media takeover by the Republicans, the 1971 Powell Memo urging business leaders to influence institutions of public opinion (especially the media, universities, and courts), the 1987 dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine under President Ronald Reagan, and the signing of the 1996 Telecommunications Act under President Bill Clinton. The documentary aims to show how the media and the nation changed, which leads to questions about who owns the airwaves, what rights listeners and watchers have, and what responsibility the government has to keep the airwaves fair, accurate, and accountable.

Content

Senko's father, Frank, was originally a "nonpolitical Kennedy Democrat" who began changing into a far-right Republican in the 1980s, she said. On her father's lengthy commute to his place of employment, he listened to conservative talk radio, which Senko believes started the change in her father's personality. In particular, he listened to Rush Limbaugh and watched Fox News. Towards the end of his life, Frank's views mostly changed back to being somewhere in the middle due to his wife exposing him to less biased media. He died in January 2016 at the age of 93.

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The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015) - Full Movie