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New Hampshire

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2. It was always the only morning paper in N.H....

Reply to mikeargo (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 25, 2020, 05:11 PM

Oct 2020

...and that gave it enormous influences. When William Loeb (the Rupert Murdoch of the mid-20th century) bought the paper and started printing his own editorials on the front page, people in the Granite State laughed at him. After years of a virutal newspaper monopoly, his word became "conventional wisdom" up there. It's not unlike the midwestern red states where you go into any restaurant or store, and Fox News is playing non-stop.

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Wow mikeargo Oct 2020 #1

It was always the only morning paper in N.H.... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #2

The Murdochs look like hippies compared to the Loebs. Bill and Nackey L. were uber-reactionaries friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 #3

And racist, too mikeargo Oct 2020 #4