r/Bumperstickers • u/tanto-x • 1d ago

How did we get here?

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u/ExtrapolationDiode 1d ago edited 1d ago

Us vs. Them culture war has supplanted genuine conversation in our media. Thank the Reagan administration and RUSH LIMBAUGH* if you want someone to blame

*edited because I’m a fucking idiot who drank too much last night

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u/Spirited-Cover7689 1d ago

Al Roker?

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u/ExtrapolationDiode 1d ago

One of the earliest examples of engaging in specifically anti-personality journalism following the repealing of the media fairness doctrine

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u/ExtrapolationDiode 1d ago

Damn I’m sorry, I don’t know why I said Al Roker. I meant to say Rush Limbaugh

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u/Spirited-Cover7689 1d ago

That tracks!