I am not a historian but I was aware at the time of President Johnson's Great Society and Civil

[Uncle Joe]

3. The corporate media T.V. in particular is what led to Reagan.

They always prefer Republicans first and as they conglomerated over the decades with the Fairness Doctrine being the first domino to fall is what led to long term Reaganism embraced by the Republicans and the Democratic Party to a lesser degree.

You have to be wealthy to own a T.V. network and their interests will always be tantamount in their coverage taking the side of "trickle down" economics without so much as a mild rebuke much less substantive criticism.

FDR dominated during the age of radio a much more affordable medium and closer connected to the people.

The Internet is finally swinging the pendulum back towards the grass roots and the corporate media conglomerates while most enthusiastic to criticize the internet, (whether rightfully or wrongfully,) those same talking heads won't even whisper about their own inherent and obvious to anyone willing to look, conflicts of interest.

Thanks for the thread wasupaloopa.