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SouthBayDem

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11. "tailored for them" explains talk radio or social media influencers

Reply to Oeditpus Rex (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 26, 2025, 06:39 PM

Oct 26

People could more easily interact with Rush Limbaugh, Tim Pool, or other "news with opinion added" hosts than a Jim Lehrer or Peter Jennings. Subsequently, the Limbaugh or Pool tells the audience what they want to hear.

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