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paulkienitz

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6. Right wing radio has, for my whole life, essentially been hate propaganda.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:22 AM

Dec 17

Even before the rise of Limbaugh, conservative radio was mainly directed at getting its audience to be mad at their own neighbors, and once he came along, it became outright hate propaganda, which it has continued to be ever since. The same kind of propaganda which in the past has led to genocides, combining fearmongering with slander.

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Hate Radio [View all] no_hypocrisy Dec 17 OP

Kudos for your apt term. Coughlin fomented lots of hate via his radio broadcasts. John1956PA Dec 17 #1

hear hear jaymac Dec 17 #2

Thank you for you observation about the ubiquity of Faux viewing. John1956PA Dec 17 #4

Also from the mold of Coughlin was moniss Dec 17 #3

It's been going on DownriverDem Dec 17 #5

Right wing radio has, for my whole life, essentially been hate propaganda. paulkienitz Dec 17 #6

Don't listen Botany Dec 17 #7

Free speech free speech free speech... lame54 Dec 17 #8