Comment by bryanlarsen

Comment by bryanlarsen 10 months ago

But it wasn't continuously bad, or at least that's the impression I get. Yellow journalism reached it's heyday in the 1890's but started turning things around towards respectability in the 1900's.

amanaplanacanal 10 months ago

And then returned in the 1990's with the 24 hour news networks.

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conception 10 months ago

More the removal of the fairness doctrine.

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- Nasrudith 9 months ago
  
  Even if it was left in place it would have become increasingly a joke as non-broadcast news grew in the form of cable rollouts and the internet.
  
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  conception 9 months ago
  
  You’re ignoring the power am radio has had on the political landscape.
  
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- maroonblazer 10 months ago
  
  I don't think this gets mentioned enough. Rush Limbaugh was the result of the doctrine's abolition. You can draw a straight line from Limbaugh to Fox News, et al.
  
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  dredmorbius 9 months ago
  
  WNYC's "One the Media" have done just this:
  "How Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump" (2021)
  <https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/how-rush-l...>
  Audio: <https://chrt.fm/track/53A61E/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/r...> (MP3)
  
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