The Republican base seems willing to believe anything their leadership tells them. It would be worth understanding why.pic.twitter.com/1bA3bN1ZwY
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It couldn't possibly be a media propaganda empire fueling this? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/17/how-fox-news-and-the-right-wing-media-machine-made-my-dad-crazy.html …
The question is why there's demand for that sort of propaganda in the first place.
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Human nature, Paul. History tells us waving the bloody shirt and ginning up fear is always a winning combination with a propaganda campaign
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It doesn't create its own demand, or it would have in e.g. SF too.
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When you paint alternate viewpoints as "the enemy" you create a demand for people who feel general unease and concern. Oldest trick ever.
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Maybe the always given demand meets fewer choices, where op ed became propaganda, irony they are coastal as well. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/25/media-bubble-real-journalism-jobs-east-coast-215048 …
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yeah I was vehemently opposed to dereg under Clinton, and look at us now
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As newsrooms gave up on costly investigative journalism, we've been consuming processed "news." An independent 4th estate is what's lacking.
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Can't disagree there, which is why the NPR dig was particularly distressing. NPR is one of the few still doing independent work
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Are you asking why Limbaugh?
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