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hadEnuf

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16. Of course it wouldn't. It was implemented in 1949,

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #13)

Mon May 9, 2022, 08:40 PM

May 2022

when TV was b&w and there were about 3 channels - if you could even afford a TV back then.

I'm saying that they saw the persuasive power of broadcast media 73 years ago, especially if in the hands of people with nefarious intentions, but we have done nothing since to keep those nefarious people away and here we now are.

Our side needs to build a media platform as strong or stronger than the current right wing propaganda platform that is helping to destroy our democracy. Either that or we need to find a way to even the playing field through legislation or something.

We are not far from Fox becoming our "official" news agency, in a matter of speaking.

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