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Margaret Schock's avatar

The influence of talk radio is underrated. When the AM stations began to proliferate in Florida, the author James Michener came out of retirement to sound the alarm about hate radio and it’s rising popularity .

Rush Limbaugh became #1 and a barely literate young Shaun Hannity got his start in the small town of Athens, Alabama.

AM radio stations were cheap and sprung up everywhere across the nation, spreading hate and distrust in our government. A favorite target was Earth Day, belittling environmentalists as tree huggers.

But their favorite target was Hillary Clinton....

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Charlene Lowrie's avatar

The Bulwark.com has an article title “The Marketing Theory Which Explains Why Trump Owns The GOP”, by David Shaywitz. Nov 19, 2020

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Heidi Christiansen (ADKs/NY)'s avatar

https://thebulwark.com/the-marketing-theory-which-explains-why-trump-owns-the-gop/

Thanks for bringing this article to our attention, Charlene. It explains a lot.

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Carla's avatar

So true! Spot on Margaret. Great comment.

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