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certainot

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5. a major reason many red states are red is the talk radio monopoly that liberals ignore

Reply to YOHABLO (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 31, 2019, 10:11 AM

Jul 2019

we also ignore that 88+ universities support 260+ limbaugh stations. those stations are many of the loudest ones and if the left protested those unis advertisers would head for the hills and the rw radio messaging monopoly that constantly pushes the country at least 10 points right will fall apart.

much of that redness is people turning on the radio for politics because for many it's still the only free easy option for politics (along with traffic reports, weather, sports etc) when working driving or doing chores

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Democrats are going to keep letting the GOP decide who's too far left [View all] certainot Jul 2019 OP

McCaskill has always been a centrist Dem.in congress. I don't consider her a Progressive. YOHABLO Jul 2019 #1

a major reason many red states are red is the talk radio monopoly that liberals ignore certainot Jul 2019 #5

The numbers who listen to talk radio are way down, but the number of GOP elected (Senate especially) Demsrule86 Jul 2019 #8

the numbers are down? does it look like things are getting better? certainot Jul 2019 #11

The point is the numbers of folks who listen is down...right wing radio isn't doing well... Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #12

fielding candidates who are moderate just because tens of millions of people certainot Aug 2019 #16

I Liked Claire McC Until 2016 corbettkroehler Jul 2019 #2

Post debate coverage by MSNBC was horrible standingtall Jul 2019 #3

Go big or go home. Beartracks Jul 2019 #4

The reason we need moderation is to hold onto the house and win Demsrule86 Jul 2019 #7

many of those ideas are 'unpopular' because we let a few hundred kremlin and KKK-inspired certainot Jul 2019 #10

The why is not that important...perhaps some on the left could be persuaded to win Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #13

Claire lost because some Democrats didn't back her...those on the left... Demsrule86 Jul 2019 #6

she believed all that bullshit about immigrant invasions. all dems had to do to straighten that out certainot Jul 2019 #9

Without Claire we would not have the ACA...and her constiuents believed this shit... Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #14

i'm not saying i wouldn't have voted for her i'm saying the idiots and purists didn't certainot Aug 2019 #15

Why anyone watches that cable junk is not something I can explain. BeckyDem Aug 2019 #17

imo it's the radio that's the problem. people who watch fox for politics generally can also certainot Aug 2019 #18

True, but don't under estimate msnbc. It is awful. BeckyDem Aug 2019 #19

watching it now. it is limited by the same shit that limits all corporate media, but less so certainot Aug 2019 #20