Tag Archives: right wing propaganda machine

Why The Country Is In Dire Straits

Posted on May 11, 2018 by
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How The GOP Went Crazy

Posted on February 6, 2018 by

Excerpts from a long but must-read article by By Kurt Andersen for Slate  It wasn’t until the age of right-wing talk radio and Fox News and Breitbart that the Establishment lost control, as crackpot habits of mind achieved dominance. An … Continue reading →

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What Fox Viewers See Day In, Day Out

Posted on February 2, 2018 by

What Fox News [Entertainment, as it states on their license] viewers saw day in, day out last June, the same month Trump threatened to fire Mueller.  

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How Do Republicans Get Away With The Lying?

Posted on October 19, 2017 by

 Their strategy is based entirely on lies. Forty per cent of Americans are believing the lies. How can this be?  The right wing eco-system, including radio, helps Republicans get away with lying. We’re not the only ones saying it.  List … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh Leader Of Right Wing Cult

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

Rush Limbaugh is still broadcast on these Iowa commercial stations.   WOC Quad Cities, WHO Des Moines, KSJC Sioux City, WMT Cedar Rapids KILR Estherville, KGLO Mason City, WDBQ Dubuque.   If you live in one of these broadcast areas, contact your … Continue reading →

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Jen Senko: How Right Wing Media Has Divided The Country And What We Must Do

Posted on August 25, 2017 by

See my post earlier this week Movie Review:  The Brainwashing of My Dad, the documentary by Jen Senko about losing her father to right wing media. Also on Blog for Iowa see the list of the thirteen Iowa commercial radio … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Brainwashing of My Dad

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

This is not only a must-see documentary, it is an engaging, tender personal story, told by a daughter, Jen Senko, who lost her dad to the right-wing media. It is a fascinating yet sad and all too common tale about … Continue reading →

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Research Shows Political Polarization Mainly A Right Wing Phenomenon

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

Yet another example of research confirming the obvious. http://news.wgbh.org The CJR study, by scholars at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, at Harvard Law School, and the MIT Center for Civic Media, examined more than 1.25 million articles … Continue reading →

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America, You Know Not What You Have

Posted on September 2, 2014 by

I could not agree more with this Canadian’s observation of  how America has treated our President.  In my view, it is not just the conservative right (although they have taken disrespect to new lows), but I feel that some on … Continue reading →

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How Many Rush Limbaugh Stations Does One State Need?

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

Can anything be done about the problem of the right wing noise machine in Iowa? We don’t know but here are some things that you can try: Organize locally.  Put a group together and start a conversation with your local … Continue reading →

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