[lbo-talk] Signs of the times

[wrobert at uci.edu]

> Nope. But creating an audience for it does. Ask anyone in the
> "alternative media."
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> SA
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> wrobert at uci.edu wrote:
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>> 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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