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In reply to the discussion: 'It's a farce': Dems livid as Hope Hicks dodges questions [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)artificial intelligence-enhanced transcription now makes it inevitable that talk radio will be digitized so it can finally be analyzed - it needs to happen now and the dem party and left orgs have no excuse. i don't think legislation is possible even with 3 majorities - the trolls, radio stations, and naive democrats will scream "free speech!"
boycotts of any advertiser on any rw radio station/show and protests at stations and the 88 universities that support 260 limbaugh stations will send advertisers running and will force the ad industry to ask advertisers if they really support trump and global warming denial. and when universities start looking for apolitical alternatives to broadcast sports on many of those stations will be forced to go to other programming.
it's enjoyed a 20-1 monopoly and invisibility from those it trashes and attacks but it won't survive if the ad industry is forced to apply market demand for the hate and lies.
and talk about messaging - i'd love to see democrats and media start replying to the republican liars and repeaters by prefacing their replies with "that's what limbaugh keeps saying, but..."
for americans to despair over the rise of fascism while doing NOTHING about rw talk radio is very sad, especially going into this election and facing global warming acceleration - it's the biggest political mistake in history.