It was a mistake to abandon the 50 state strategy

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62. As an interesting but sad sidenote

With the advent of the RW taking over so many independent stations, the old fashioned "talk" shows that focused on things other than politics, have all but disappeared, although some stations have finally started resurrecting some of those "home" and "public interest" type shows (mainly due to the boycotts of the RW talk formats that are finally taking a toll).

One show that I listen to (streaming/podcast only because it doesn't run on any major urban station) is a Saturday morning gardening show originating on a small VA station that is syndicated on other tiny stations like its home station. And that home station has the usual RW dreck with the lineup that includes Hugh Hewitt & Hannity & Levin, etc. And during the broadcast from the week before last, some idiot called up the show to say that he was completely against anything related to climate change and insisted that the host explain to him why such and such was happening with some plants due to abnormal weather events without invoking what to us is obvious. The poor host (who is a famous published horticulture author, 2nd generation running a huge greenhouse and landscape business, has been on the air with a garden show for 20 years, and has a son in the business with him with his own show) was trying to be diplomatic and apolitical by explaining about cyclical weather, etc, to assuage the rage from the guy.

It was just disgusting to hear and the first time in years that I heard someone call up a show like that and rant on. FFS it's friggin' GARDENING. But because the audience for that station hear RW shows most of the rest of the time, they are completely brainwashed and refuse to accept anything but that doctrine. And it's sad that these loons have now been enabled and emboldened to unleash their vitriol into every aspect of life including something as innocuous as gardening.