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lunatica

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4. It's been much longer than that with the Shock Jocks in the 1990s

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Mar 13, 2016, 01:46 PM

Mar 2016

And the media doing wall to wall coverage on Lewinsky and dick, Lorenna Bobbit and dick, and OJ. Hasn't Donna Brazil heard of Limbaugh?

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Donna Brazile: "Trump Is Amplifying Everything That We've Heard On Talk Radio For The Last 8 years" [View all] kpete Mar 2016 OP

K&R... spanone Mar 2016 #1

the crazies got a voice in trump dembotoz Mar 2016 #2

8 years? Sanity Claws Mar 2016 #3

It's been much longer than that with the Shock Jocks in the 1990s lunatica Mar 2016 #4

K & R Zippyzagnut Mar 2016 #5

"Last 8 years"? How about last 30! ReallyIAmAnOptimist Mar 2016 #6

32 years since they killed Alan Berg MisterP Mar 2016 #7

That's right- gunned down Person 2713 Mar 2016 #30

Ya, that was my first thought Hydra Mar 2016 #9

...! KoKo Mar 2016 #11

My thoughts exactly! I was thinking, "Eight? How about the last twenty-eight?" nt valerief Mar 2016 #20

Right there with ya. n/t AwakeAtLast Mar 2016 #25

And CNN, MSNBC et al are helping nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #8

Even PBS Hydra Mar 2016 #10

Big time - Drumpf gets more coverage than the President n/t malaise Mar 2016 #12

As CBS said, covering the Trumpeter gets audiences, which sells advertising Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #24

Yes, we have become the ultimate reality TV nation passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #37

So true Nadin, and definitely making it much worse. n/t Greybnk48 Mar 2016 #13

that's a ridiculous statement showing you don't know what Brazile is talking about. nt uhnope Mar 2016 #15

So the networks are not amplying the message by nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #16

you just proved it again uhnope Mar 2016 #18

I know exactly what she is talking about nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #19

this is so cool. best example of passive-aggressiveness uhnope Mar 2016 #21

Whatever, welcome to my list of non interaction nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #22

Of course Nadin is right about CNN et al JoeOtterbein Mar 2016 #23

why do people keep saying 8 years Skittles Mar 2016 #14

True dat ! Person 2713 Mar 2016 #29

we have to stop ignoring RW radio & make it an issue. DUers get on board? uhnope Mar 2016 #17

what is that you say? passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #38

That's like saying protesting at a Trump rally just makes you fodder, so give up and do nothing uhnope Mar 2016 #40

Good luck with that passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #42

Exactly.. he just repeats the nonsense from RW radio.. with gusto. DCBob Mar 2016 #26

Under Clinton it was 100% anti-government (Waco / Ruby Ridge).... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #27

Yes like hate radio come alive Person 2713 Mar 2016 #28

More like 24 years Lithos Mar 2016 #31

Donna, it's a hell of a lot longer than that! DissidentVoice Mar 2016 #32

He started out in Sacto in the 80s rpannier Mar 2016 #34

8 Years??? rpannier Mar 2016 #33

Makes me think the protests are misdirected maxrandb Mar 2016 #35

the states that have hate radio have a lot of supporters passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #39

Good point. Why are Trump rallies being disrupted but not hate talk radio? uhnope Mar 2016 #41

Past 25 years. kairos12 Mar 2016 #36