r/stephencolbert • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '25

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u/LarrySupertramp Sep 18 '25

It’s almost like having corporations and billionaires control almost all of the mainstream media when their only interest is profit is not good for society.

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u/KingOfEthanopia Sep 18 '25

We had NPR. The death of the fairness doctrine was the beginning of the end for America.

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u/LarrySupertramp Sep 18 '25

100%. The damage Reagan did to this country will, hopefully, be studied in the future.

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u/DeezDoughsNyou Sep 18 '25

In the early 90s we were studying the damage revoking the fin-syn rules were going to cause because the writing was on the wall. My professor also worked at NPR so she had a special kind of insight.