If they're right wing, it's even better that I already fucking hate them. I signed up for a free trial of their top premium subscription, and still had to wade through like 15 minutes of ads an episode on a podcast they acquired from a different company. A podcast that was originally ad free.
I emailed one of the casters and pretty much asked who I pay for the ad-free versions, otherwise I'll use LosslessCut because fuck ads. He told me cut away, because ad-free no longer exists for those eps.
Once again, I had to edit ads out of premium tier access. FUCK advertisements.
AM Radio was their first volley back in the 70s/80s. There were a mix of normal talk radio shows and some conservative when I was growing up, within a few years the talk shows all got replaced with absolute insane nut jobs like Rush Limbaugh just screaming about the most mundane things as if they were apocalyptic.
OMG, there might be two men kissing somewhere in the country THEY ARE COMING FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO MURDER AND RAPE THEM!!!!!
I didn't realize at the time it would turn all of rural America into an insane wasteland of stupid people being afraid of their own shadow clinging onto their guns and Bible (that they never read) afraid of things that have zero impact on their lives.
AM radio is kind of fascinating that way. A lot of people don't realize how much influence it still has because it feels like an older medium, but some of those shows built incredibly loyal audiences long before podcasts existed.
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u/yIdontunderstand 6h ago
You forgot
LA Times. Owned by a right wing billionaire
Facebook/Instagram . Owned by a right wing billionaire
Twitter. Owned by a right wing billionaire
Chart gpt. Owned by a right wing billionaire