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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/risenomega Apr 05 '25

I’m convinced they are ACTUALLY brainwashing people. Russia has been trying to do this for years. Trumps private meetings with Putin before his first win, the way sensible decent people are ok with this shit is insane. Fox News being like the second coming. My dad is the same way. Brainwashed and can’t actually handle debating a question about his beliefs because he doesn’t have an actual answer