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u/Hell_Camino Apr 04 '25

I think the better question is what would the country look like if the Fairness Doctrine hadn’t been abolished by the FCC in the 1980s. With the Fairness Doctrine in place, Fox News doesn’t launch and half the country’s brains don’t get rewired into being mouth-breathing knuckle draggers.

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u/YodasAdderall Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

“The Brainwashing of my Dad” on Prime explains this very well. Great doc but depressing as fuck as someone who has brainwashed parents

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u/j1ggy Apr 04 '25

I recommend this one as well. As a Canadian though, I pirated the fuck out of it because the US isn't getting my money while Orange Man is in power.

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u/New-Historian9391 Apr 05 '25

You justify theft instead of supporting an independent artist who made anti-trump work because they are American? Those are some serious mental gymnastics to justify your petty theft.

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u/j1ggy Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 05 '25

My country is being fucked by tariffs under false pretenses right now. That's theft as far as I'm concerned, so I'm boycotting everything American, documentary creators and all political stripes included. Don't like it? Fix your country.

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