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malaise

(280,160 posts) Sat Jan 25, 2025, 12:14 PM Saturday

In hindsight it is TV not Social Media that brought us here

Any ignorant semi-literate moron can look the part

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In hindsight it is TV not Social Media that brought us here (Original Post) malaise Saturday OP

Have to have good eyes to read a teleprompter. gab13by13 Saturday #1

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And Talk Radio (Rush Limbaugh) which promulgated untruths. He was FOX News before there was FOX News, surfered Saturday #3

Talk radio helps them spread lies malaise Saturday #6

It's both. Voltaire2 Saturday #4

I agree that Social Media facilitates the spread of ignorance malaise Saturday #5

There is also a generational chasm. Voltaire2 Saturday #8

So true malaise Saturday #10

Advertising supported television made Trump. hunter Saturday #7

Indeed malaise Saturday #11

This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja Saturday #9

gab13by13

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1. Have to have good eyes to read a teleprompter.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 12:16 PM

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unblock

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2. Huge font size....

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 12:27 PM

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surfered

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3. And Talk Radio (Rush Limbaugh) which promulgated untruths. He was FOX News before there was FOX News,

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 12:28 PM

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And now he has a thousand copy cats....Joe Rogan, et al.

malaise

(280,160 posts)

6. Talk radio helps them spread lies

Reply to surfered (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 12:50 PM

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Big time long before Social Media. Social media gives them a space to plot their agendas

Voltaire2

(15,077 posts)

4. It's both.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 12:43 PM

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malaise

(280,160 posts)

5. I agree that Social Media facilitates the spread of ignorance

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 12:47 PM

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and misinformation.
That said intelligent men like Governor Walz don’t fit their movie star/TV star profile

Voltaire2

(15,077 posts)

8. There is also a generational chasm.

Reply to malaise (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 01:42 PM

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Boomers regularly watch tv news. Hardly anyone else does.

malaise

(280,160 posts)

10. So true

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Sat Jan 25, 2025, 02:21 PM

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hunter

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7. Advertising supported television made Trump.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 12:58 PM

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Advertising supported television made Reagan.

Advertising supported television must die.

malaise

(280,160 posts)

11. Indeed

Reply to hunter (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 02:22 PM

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Way too much money in politics.

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