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In reply to the discussion: This is the Best Explanation of Why White People Cant Recognize or Accept the Reality of Racism [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)we let 1200-1500 radio stations blast 40 states with 80 senators 15 hrs /day to excuse racism.
next time there's a mike brown or trayvon martin event turn it on and hear the excuses and vilification and attacks on BLM etc. those stations are kkk-lite, making it acceptable because non racist americans listen to the music and ignore it.
and there are significant secondary and tertiary effects past the royal listeners. that 50% who are too busy or lazy to pay attention get the buzz too
here's some simple math:
at a cheap $1000/hr x 15hrs/day x 5 = $75,000/wk x 1200 stations rw talk radio is worth $18MIL/day or 390MIL$ /month or 4.68 BIL$/ year FREE for coordinated global warming denial, pro republican free market deregulation and wall st think tank propaganda, swiftboating, and the hate and fear used to get people to vote republican.
it's a huge mistake for liberals to assume that talk radio is just another part of the free speech mix - it is a coordinated propaganda operation thats been very successful using racism to sell voter suppression and other republican bullshit and ignoring it is the biggest political mistake in history - now we see the results at the top.