[lbo-talk] Signs of the times

wrobert at uci.edu wrobert at uci.edu
Tue Sep 15 01:23:39 PDT 2009


Watching a television program does not constitute a political movement. robert wood
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> Sure it's a movement. How do you think they got that kind of media
> access and financial power? By creating a strong conservative movement.
> You can bring the Fox to cable but you can't make people watch it. If a
> left-wing Fox News materialized - especially one as far left as Fox is
> far right - no one would watch it. Compare Olbermann/Maddow's ratings to
> O'Reilly's. Compare Rush Limbaugh's ratings to whoever the top left talk
> radio star is. Forty years ago, believe it or not, the right wing was
> *for* the Fairness Doctrine, because they said it was the only thing
> preventing total liberal domination of the airwaves.
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