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In reply to the discussion: Do you want to make heads explode at Fox News? [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)There are large swaths of America where the only thing on radio is music, religion, sports and right wing idiot talkers. What's fair about that? Check out the South.
There are places in the US where the only TV news shows are right wing. Check out parts of Indiana.
What right does a radio or TV station have to do away with a popular show and replace it with a 3rd sports station? Just because they rented the airwaves does NOT relieve them of the responsibility to provide a benefit to the public. Since when does profit for a corporation that owns thousands of radio stations supersede the public's need to access information?
This meme that you can get satellite or stream videos even if you are poor and live in a rural area is a lie. I know from experience that without my cable access internet, I would get nothing but propaganda shows. Yet there are many people who live here that can NOT afford the cable fees or even the computer to get a different perspective. There are many who can not afford premium package cable or satellite TV to get that different perspective.
This is why rural areas usually vote RepubliCON, because thats the only information and perspective they can get or afford.