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In reply to the discussion: TYT Anchor quits live on air! [View all]JHB
(37,467 posts)The Right has funded theirs for decades, and have created an entire RW media ecosphere.
Meanwhile, on our side, people say "Air America proved that doesn't work", as if one poorly-managed radio experiment was ironclad proof for all time across all media. But back in the Bush days, Vladimir Putin was happy to make RT available to people critical of the US administration. And who got on board? People who wouldn't shift gears and stayed in "protest and complain" mode and got even louder at Obama and Democrats.
Liberal bloggers and others who had criticisms but still wanted to work with Democrats and who recognized the Right was still a threat were left relying on tip jars and being kicked to the curb. People need to be able to support themselves, and promotion is needed to put stuff in front of more eyeballs. But there's little funding to do that, and most of what there is seems to go to "ex"-Republicans (seen on Tee Vee) who made videos against Trump that liberals would like, but in the end didn't move the needle one bit (and still grouse about us when they talk to each other).