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Originally Posted by feniin
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Elections are more than just presidential... They start at the local level. Local television/news being controlled by one party leads to election victories. Gerrymandering follows. Disenfranchisement generally follows that. It's a cycle that takes an immense amount of momentum to overcome.
People assume their local news is unbiased and has their best interest at heart.
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Right and it sways back and forth. Look up the history of control of legislatures and you'll find that it switches all the time. Most people are conservative when it comes to local government. Here in Austin, when they allowed the homeless to set up camp on the streets, it took 3 months before there were complaints to the Republican governor to have it removed. Everyone I knew complained about it, no matter the political affiliation. It was blocks of tents and they abused it.
75% of the population lives in cities. Most people have multiple channels. Social media is probably the largest news source today. ABC, MSNBC, Showtime, Comedy Central, all the news sources I stated earlier have social media accounts. My grandmother in small town Texas at 89 years old is on social media.
I agree that most people I've talked to in the work place, traveling, and plenty more are either Republican or secret Republicans. I don't even really watch local news that often unless I'm traveling and watching something in the morning while I'm getting ready. My experience is that people are just sick of the whistle blowing. Your favorite comedian is now a racist or homophobe. Chris Pratt is secretly a racist for wearing a come and take it shirt. It goes on and on. When you consistently see media on things you enjoy, you start disliking the person always calling it out. We don't need the thought police.