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Re:Facebook proven to negatively impact mental health by deltarholamda on Thursday September 22, 2022 @04:40PM (#32944345)
This is a really weird comment, because Limbaugh was almost entirely radio. His TV show was short-lived and not really popular, as he wasn't comfortable in the medium and it showed. He got his start in radio as a DJ, and went on to basically remake the AM band from farm reports and local sports talk to talk radio as we now know it.

This is really basic bio stuff about Limbaugh, and it doesn't speak well of your other assertions if you got this part so wrong.

What's really funny is that during the 90s the "Greatest Threat To Democracy Ever" WAS talk radio, more or less solely because the Limbaugh program was so popular. The targets may change, but the talking points never seem to.

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Re:Facebook proven to negatively impact mental health by PuppyTailWags on Thursday September 22, 2022 @04:49PM (#32944442)
Hey, thanks for correcting me. You're right that the issue was Limbaugh's radio program, not his TV. I apologize for getting my example wrong, but I think my overall point is still a valid one (that just because social media is more effective at spewing bad rhetoric doesn't mean bad rhetoric is ineffective in other media).
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Re:Facebook proven to negatively impact mental health by dr_dshiv on Thursday September 22, 2022 @06:12PM (#32945303)
Your point was valid but your example was creepily wrong.
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Re:Facebook proven to negatively impact mental health by oyashirochama on Thursday September 22, 2022 @09:21PM (#32946850)
People remember him for his TV program but get the effects from his radio program, not exactly a creepy mistake just association mistake which happens to anyone.
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