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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: What really drives me mad
Date: 06/27/24 4:34 PM
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other than fox and facebook, the other 'forgotten' major conduit for low information (and elderly) voters are local broadcast channels.

these were rife with vitriol among the GOP during primaries, and trump has yet to splurge GOP coffers for local ads.
in the meantime, your friendly local newstaff is coreced into rightwing editorials by corporate parent sinclair.
this is fairly powerful, since watchers are quite comfortable with local personalities that have been watching for 1-2 decades.

for various reasons (FCC and money), sinclair has been unable to increase its multi-station (ABC,CBS,NBC) markets.
wiki indicates where low info voters would be most vulnerable to propaganda, such as Floribama.
en.wikipedia.org - List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group

salon.com - How a semi secret right wing media empire is blanketing america with lies

on the flipside, sinclair is "happy" (i.e., has to) take Democrat money for airtime, and those ads have been running since trump's conviction. (yes, i watch too much broadcast sports)
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