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ewagner

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23. The rise of Limbuagh's empire...

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 08:56 AM

Aug 2017

was based on a completely clever business scheme...

All those tiny, financially distressed local radio stations were given Rushbo's program for FREE...they didn't pay anything for the content but Rush's EB network got to keep one-half of the advertising slots and the local station got to sell and keep the revenue from the other half.

Sooooo...EB got sell ad space at a premium price because of the broad national coverage and the tiny local stations got to pick up listenership from the embedded conservative base AND charge more for advertising and hence make a tidy little profit. Rush was a double whammy for the stations...entertainment and politics..

And it grew...and grew as local AM stations faced the choice of extinction or compliance....

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Trump just a symptom. RW Media is the cause of our political misery. [View all] Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 OP

It's a war for the minds of America njhoneybadger Aug 2017 #1

The rethugs are the only ones playing the game Cosmocat Aug 2017 #19

Roger Ailes was a scumbag. I truly do hope his death was painful. If there is a hell... Raster Aug 2017 #2

Fox News allows dumb people to feel smart and informed. Bluepinky Aug 2017 #3

Pretty much sums it up... have a dumb-ass neighbor who basically responds that way. InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2017 #53

and we did not support lefty competition and still don't dembotoz Aug 2017 #4

Because our minds work differently HopeAgain Aug 2017 #7

then the war is lost if we do not even choice to compete dembotoz Aug 2017 #17

YEP Cosmocat Aug 2017 #21

and our silence says it all...we can be superior all the way to continual defeat dembotoz Aug 2017 #40

That is the most mind boggling part Cosmocat Aug 2017 #43

that is why we fight dembotoz Aug 2017 #44

Bernie doesn't run and hide... he's still out there fighting the good fight. InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2017 #54

That's a big part of why I voted for him Cosmocat Aug 2017 #57

fox couldn't do shit without talk radio, and it's way past competition certainot Aug 2017 #42

+1000 this! wish I had seen your post earlier today! diva77 Aug 2017 #47

It started out that way. gordianot Aug 2017 #5

+1!!! This and campaign finance are the root causes of most of our problems, so Dustlawyer Aug 2017 #6

I've written , called, screamed , etc.... Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #10

Not sure we can Cosmocat Aug 2017 #22

Jim Lehrer at PBS nt alp227 Aug 2017 #34

He's good too...but I was thinking of Bill Moyers Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #39

Pox News and hate radio The Wizard Aug 2017 #8

Wiz....you actually Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #11

Keep the message simple The Wizard Aug 2017 #14

Remember "What would Jesus Do?" That sentiment sure disappeared. People know the Repubs kerry-is-my-prez Aug 2017 #50

Fair and balanced implies The Wizard Aug 2017 #9

DELIBERATE dumbing down. Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #12

It's out in the open The Wizard Aug 2017 #13

Give of gift of NYT or WaPo to your Trump loving family members Fresh_Start Aug 2017 #15

Now that is a good idea! Auntie Bush Aug 2017 #52

+1000 genxlib Aug 2017 #16

They have come to believe their bullshit Cosmocat Aug 2017 #24

Close - but the cause is Cosmocat Aug 2017 #18

Yes yes yes yes yes yes! Borchkins Aug 2017 #20

The rise of Limbuagh's empire... ewagner Aug 2017 #23

Wow! So that is why the countryside is full of right wing crap. TryLogic Aug 2017 #31

What's funny and sad is that Rush didn't want this initially Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #58

Didn't know that...n/t ewagner Aug 2017 #59

He's from Missouri. Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #60

I knew he was from Missouri ewagner Aug 2017 #61

I'll bet he actually hates that Hillary lost. Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #62

I agree 100% The RW media created an alternative reality that brianwashed millions Nitram Aug 2017 #25

Condolences Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #27

Very sad. It is extremely painful to see your own parents sink into the false paranoid reality Nitram Aug 2017 #30

Yup yup, me too... one of my best friend's wife has gone over to the "Dark Side." InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2017 #55

Wow ... I've never looked at it like that ... Makes me despise them more YCHDT Aug 2017 #48

Maybe you could find someone better than Charlton Heston to quote for your wrap-up. Towlie Aug 2017 #26

Lol....that was him, wasn't it... Funtatlaguy Aug 2017 #29

Caustic Combination colsohlibgal Aug 2017 #28

It appears the radical right is in an amplifying feedback loop which will self destruct. TryLogic Aug 2017 #33

You could go back further to when they repealed the Fairness Doctrine. muntrv Aug 2017 #32

Young people do not watch Faux News iamateacher Aug 2017 #35

They get their news mostly online, which can be much worse Blaukraut Aug 2017 #51

Trump is the affliction, RW media is a symtom, Ignorant and lazy public is the cause. Amimnoch Aug 2017 #36

It's About White Male Supremacy & Redistributing American Wealth Upward dlk Aug 2017 #37

Not having civics class in schools. classykaren Aug 2017 #38

It will get worse. alarimer Aug 2017 #41

I posted an article hare about that a few months back. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #46

Saw this but it takes a bit of sophistication and there might be some tell Tales YCHDT Aug 2017 #49

The Conservative Entertainment Complex is something to be hated with a red burning passion uponit7771 Aug 2017 #45

It was suicide to kill the Fairness Doctrine workinclasszero Aug 2017 #56