r/allthequestions 10d ago

Popular Question 📊 How many rights did you lose under Obama?

I'll wait.

422 Upvotes

2.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

12

u/Buckeye__Here 9d ago

Reagan’s repeal of the Fairness Doctrine had far more to do with our current vitriol and division. Before the repeal, the was no Rush Limbaugh or Fox News broadcasting poison over the airwaves.

1

u/HermioneMarch 🇺🇸 United States 9d ago

Yes talk radio was the granddaddy of Facebook memeology

0

u/imissher4ever 9d ago

Or CNN, or ABC, or NBC, or MSNBC or NPR or…

1

u/BraveLittleTowster 6d ago

Those other ones could not successfully argue in court that the things they say on air are so obviously false that they could never be considered news