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In reply to the discussion: In my opinion, the Democrats cannot address any issue until this issue addressed. [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)ignoring it continues to be the biggest political mistake in history.
dems aren't going to get any major reforms until they stop ignoring rw talk radio.
the usual assumption is that dems aren't successful with major reforms because they don't try hard enough, they don't care, they want the money too, they can't message, etc. so then we attack dems and don't vote.
talk radio is the only major medium with NO competition on the other side of the political spectrum. it is the only advantage the republicans have.
ignoring it makes every effort harder. if the R-cons paid $1000/hr for radio infomercial time, 1200 coordinated radio stations x 15 hrs/day are worth about $5BIL/year, $18 MIL/day, and unlike its little brother fox they can localize all that to every local election and issue they want.
if they only paid $200/hr it would still be worth about $1BIL/yr - and it's all free!
why can't dems get campaign finance reform? why do they get beaten every time they try? they've been howling for 30 years across 40 states with 80 senators that money is free speech, corporations are people, unions contribute as much as corporations, etc.
supreme court? liberals/left/dems just let limbaugh on 600 radio stations trash blasey ford for three weeks straight - and it worked exactly like it did 30 years ago when he trashed anita hill, got thomas on, and democrats had no fucking clue.
Artificial intelligence will force ad industry to kill RW radio. Dems can accelerate the inevitable.