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Brando's avatar

Similar to this, I've argued that the Left needs its own answer to Fox News--an obviously left-leaning major television and Internet channel that (1) puts out effective messaging on every issue, (2) provides saturation coverage of the issues the Left needs covered, and (3) uses enough glam and hooks to drive viewership and sustain itself financially. Republicans have Fox, we have nothing.

The response I usually get comes down to "we don't want to be like them" (yes, batting above our weight politically, wouldn't want that!), "we shouldn't have to lie to win" (never said anything about lying, spin is not lying, messaging is not lying) or "never happen, people with money just want Republicans to win and would never fund this (I'm not talking about a charity case but a self-sustaining media model to meet a real need in the market and besides, liberals have no problem raising billions for losing election campaigns--a different media atmosphere would pay off far better).

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Note from a divided house: I hate Joe Rogan so much. His noise is pervasive and CONSTANT. Every time my husband is tinkering in the garage. Every day in his office, or crashing on the couch in the evenings. (Rogan is a YouTuber as well as a podcaster, was actually on YouTube first — and THE BALLS ON THAT ONE to spread his victimization BS about the YouTube algorithm— it’s . Just. I can’t anymore.) Every road trip, for hours. And even if I don’t personally have to hear it, I get told damn near every day about all the “awesome” things these crazy people are gonna do, because they said so on Rogan.

Like everything else that poisoned my husband, it was ok for a while but now it’s just nails on chalkboard. And what I really hate is exactly what you said: it’s all political, without seeming political. It’s the fucking frog-boiling that is absolutely killing me. And apparently it’s killing an entire generation now. And it just makes me ill. How are my daughters ever going to have reasonable relationships with men?

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