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Couldn’t Qanon Themselves Out of It
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And we come back to Ronald Reagan.
Reagan gutted the FCC. There used to be rules restricting the number of TV/radio stations one company could own. There used to be a Fairness Doctrine that gave equal time to anyone who opposed an editorial.
There are still roots of this with Nixon. He was able to walk away with his indiscretions. Then we got Fox News.
Back in the day, after Ford pardoned Nixon, there were two kinds of folks.
Most of the Nixon haters were willing to accept his resignation. Very few people at that time were ready to see an American President on trial, let alone behind bars.
Nixon's pals looked at everything and started plotting to make sure none of them would ever be treated like that.
Bill Clinton did the most damage to any sort of stop measures to prevent what we are dealing w/ MSM right now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
That's a line that the 'BoTH SidES ArE tHe SAme' crowd loves to use.
Clinton had no control of Congress in 1996. It was a Bill the GOP wanted and was going to pass with or without Clinton. Reagan started gutting the FCC and Bush Sr. kept it up
It's like saying the caboose is what killed the guy who got hit by a train.
The President can veto Congress per Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution. So Slick Willy could have nixed this and chose not to.
The "Two Party" system wants the same thing. Control.
And explain in detail exactly how Clinton could have singlehandedly turned back the clock to the days before cable TV and the internet.
I'm glad people are finally starting to see the BoTh SIdes aRE tHe SAme line actually helps the GOP.