• spider@lemmy.nz
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      9 months ago

      Here’s a big one:

      The 1987 repeal of the fairness doctrine enabled the rise of talk radio that has been described as “unfiltered” divisive and/or vicious: "In 1988, a savvy former ABC Radio executive named Ed McLaughlin signed Rush Limbaugh — then working at a little-known Sacramento station — to a nationwide syndication contract.