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summer_in_TX

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44. Murdoch and Roger Ailes and others are to blame.

Reply to kerry-is-my-prez (Reply #40)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 10:01 PM

11 hrs ago

But Dems could’ve and should’ve been working to set up a counterbalancing media force. Instead, they are far behind the curve.

They were in denial about the power the media can exercise to shape public opinion and manufacture consent.. Many tried to tell them, but they did not take it seriously.

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