← Back to context Comment by amanaplanacanal 3 months ago And then returned in the 1990's with the 24 hour news networks. 5 comments amanaplanacanal Reply conception 3 months ago More the removal of the fairness doctrine. Nasrudith 3 months ago Even if it was left in place it would have become increasingly a joke as non-broadcast news grew in the form of cable rollouts and the internet. conception 3 months ago You’re ignoring the power am radio has had on the political landscape. maroonblazer 3 months ago I don't think this gets mentioned enough. Rush Limbaugh was the result of the doctrine's abolition. You can draw a straight line from Limbaugh to Fox News, et al. dredmorbius 3 months ago WNYC's "One the Media" have done just this:"How Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump" (2021)<https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/how-rush-l...>Audio: <https://chrt.fm/track/53A61E/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/r...> (MP3)
conception 3 months ago More the removal of the fairness doctrine. Nasrudith 3 months ago Even if it was left in place it would have become increasingly a joke as non-broadcast news grew in the form of cable rollouts and the internet. conception 3 months ago You’re ignoring the power am radio has had on the political landscape. maroonblazer 3 months ago I don't think this gets mentioned enough. Rush Limbaugh was the result of the doctrine's abolition. You can draw a straight line from Limbaugh to Fox News, et al. dredmorbius 3 months ago WNYC's "One the Media" have done just this:"How Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump" (2021)<https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/how-rush-l...>Audio: <https://chrt.fm/track/53A61E/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/r...> (MP3)
Nasrudith 3 months ago Even if it was left in place it would have become increasingly a joke as non-broadcast news grew in the form of cable rollouts and the internet. conception 3 months ago You’re ignoring the power am radio has had on the political landscape.
maroonblazer 3 months ago I don't think this gets mentioned enough. Rush Limbaugh was the result of the doctrine's abolition. You can draw a straight line from Limbaugh to Fox News, et al. dredmorbius 3 months ago WNYC's "One the Media" have done just this:"How Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump" (2021)<https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/how-rush-l...>Audio: <https://chrt.fm/track/53A61E/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/r...> (MP3)
dredmorbius 3 months ago WNYC's "One the Media" have done just this:"How Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump" (2021)<https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/how-rush-l...>Audio: <https://chrt.fm/track/53A61E/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/r...> (MP3)
More the removal of the fairness doctrine.
Even if it was left in place it would have become increasingly a joke as non-broadcast news grew in the form of cable rollouts and the internet.
You’re ignoring the power am radio has had on the political landscape.
I don't think this gets mentioned enough. Rush Limbaugh was the result of the doctrine's abolition. You can draw a straight line from Limbaugh to Fox News, et al.
WNYC's "One the Media" have done just this:
"How Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump" (2021)
<https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/how-rush-l...>
Audio: <https://chrt.fm/track/53A61E/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/r...> (MP3)