Exec. Dir., Peabody Awards, University of Georgia
Professor of Entertainment & Media Studies,
author of Entertaining Politics.
Opinions are my own (duh).
Feb 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
@davidfolkenflik What Rush Limbaugh did to us: 1. Made opponents into true enemies 2. Revived overt and dog whistle racism 3. Stifled attempts to revive the Fairness Doctrine 4. Showed Roger Ailes the formula for right-wing broadcast success 5. Offered ignorance as "common sense" thinking
@davidfolkenflik 6. Created an army of listeners with little knowledge and skills in civics or critical thinking into believing themselves political experts 7. Stifled dialogue and said it was OK to talk politics without debate (rarely took calls from those who disagreed)
