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US Fascism Has Arrived Thanks to 30 Years of Right-Wing Talk Radio Dominance

www.commondreams.org US Fascism Has Arrived Thanks to 30 Years of Right-Wing Talk Radio Dominance | Common Dreams

The GOP hold on most of American radio seems pretty unshakable, but Democrats must get into the talk-radio game before ever more damage is done.

The GOP hold on most of American radio seems pretty unshakable, but Democrats must get into the talk-radio game before ever more damage is done.

Political Discussion and Commentary @lemmy.world laverabe @lemmy.world 3mo ago

Talk radio is the key to the election | “During an average week in September 2020, radio reached 90.9 percent of all American men aged between 35 and 64 years of age.” | Opinion

www.commondreams.org /opinion/right-wing-talk-radio

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You can literally see the generational technical divide which is not clean.

I'd bet most households /car owners could have their age and political alignments rated solely on a few metrics.

Do you watch cable? Do you stream shows? Do you pirate.

Do you own a car? Use the radio or Bluetooth? Have a Spotify or YouTube account?

You'd easily see people's politics fit in with where they get their content.
- Car use wouldn't be a good metric in the US (maybe more so in other countries). It's too necessary in most places. But otherwise I agree.
  
  Talk radio is a bastion of old white men. Trying to sway it is a lost cause. The only hope is out lasting their deaths.
  
  If Harris wins I think we have good shot of things moving back towards sanity, especially if she lasts two terms.
  
  I live in the rural suburbs. Enormous pickup: Red, Hybrid sedan: Blue.
  
  Needless to say, I drive a small car in a sea of V8s.
- Guess my age:
  
  I put on cable tv sometimes for background noise. I've got a free hookup.
  
  I stream shows.
  
  I've been pirating media since I was 13 years old.
  
  I own a car, but I'm American and outside of the cities that have decent public transport.
  
  I use the radio to listen to public radio. I could stream NPR just as easily but I travel a lot and check out local public radio.
  
  I use Bluetooth to listen to podcasts and music.
  
  I don't like Spotify much, and I suppose I have a YouTube account but I've never posted anything.
  
  Profile me!
  
  27-32. How close?
  
  I'm 41.
  
  the pirating at 13 years old threw me I tried to calculate when limewire was a thing, but you were doing it before that?
  
  Napster original

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