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How Right Wing Talk Radio Works — A Challenge

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Jim Blackwood Jr

It occurs to me that few people I know understand how right-wing radio really works because our information bubbles are close to hermetically sealed. I hear people say, “How can those Trump supporters think that?” Let’s see how it works. The … Continue reading →

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Talk Radio. It’s All the Same Show

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Jim Blackwood Jr

Button number 1 on by car radio is Oregon Public Broadcast (OPB).  Button number 4 is KXL Talk Radio. When I am driving in the Portland area, I compulsively bounce from one station to the other. In the noon hour … Continue reading →

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The Chair — How We Decide Our Politics

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Jim Blackwood Jr

  Tell me where someone gets their information and I can tell you what they think.   Well, maybe not what they think, but how they think.  When you turn on the radio, what station comes on?  When you fire … Continue reading →

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What Congress Can Do About Guns…Now!

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Jim Blackwood Jr

We have all seen this before. Right? Predictable violence against innocents followed by thoughts and prayers. Grieving people build shrines of flowers and balloons and painted signs. All of the news networks put their anchors on sleek Gulfstream 5 jets … Continue reading →

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