Crucial role of right-wing media missing from impeachment coverage

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/media/right-wing-media-impeachment-coverage-reliable-sources/index.html?fbclid=IwAR09W-emYlKLzFQbEzKSftTqlka34EaSn8owKa3biIp7irXVtCnDWQFtwnA

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN Business
Updated 12:43 AM ET, Fri October 4, 2019

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Much of Fox currently serves as an arm of the White House messaging operation. Make no mistake: If Trump survives the deepening scandal he now finds himself in, it will be because of Fox and the rest of the pro-Trump media machine muddying the waters and poisoning the public conversation.

Cable news is all over a long list of angles related to the Ukraine (and now China) scandal. But this is a KEY part of the story, and deserves coverage as well.

Right-wing media has locked Republicans from access to its own voters

Analysts frequently say that Trump is maintaining support among his GOP base. Why is that? It's because his supporters are getting their info from Fox, talk radio, and a cluster of pro-Trump websites. That's the root issue.

If you wonder why Senate Republicans are so afraid to speak out against Trump, just think: Where do the voters who elected these Senate Republicans get their news? Then ask, if you're a Senate Republican up for re-election, would it be smart for you to say something that would very likely result in you being excoriated on these outlets? Probably not.

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1. Party before Country. Rethuglicans are despicable.

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2. Ignoring hate radio was, and is, the stupidest thing the dems have done.

Fox is the evil spawn of hate radio.

Hate radio continues without challenge, across rural America & in many of our universities. Get 'em while their young, so when they get out of college with astronomical debt & few job opportunities, they will blame the uppity women, POC, & gays, & not the 1% who crafted this economy for the few. I think Rush Limbaugh still has 3 hours a day on our airwaves & he's just one of many. Their lies & message of hate are why you see grown men wearing tee shirts that read "I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat." And yet, the dems & left don't take this blight seriously. WTF?