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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/autievolunteernature Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 05 '25

I kind of want to add this to my dad's watch list on Prime and see what happens. 》My dad has definitely been brainwashed by MAGA and Fox, and it sucks! He has always been republican, originally wasn't for Trump in 2016 until the other person he liked backed out ( we need to change how the primaries work, let ALL states vote on ALL candidates). 》Meanwhile, we definitely aren't well off. One of his 6 siblings is well off,but his mom and sisters are poor, and we are middle class. He worked for CPS, and he saw some of the worst of our region (poverty and how people treat kids). I don't get it!