You’re missing a step in there. Reagan’s abolition of the Fairness Doctrine fueled the growth of right wing talk radio, which in turn demonstrated the economic viability of an openly partisan news network. The Fairness Doctrine wouldn’t apply to a nonbroadcast operation like Fox News, just like the FCC’s “indecency” rules don’t stop HBO from showing nude scenes.
Palin is currently running second to a Democrat in both the USHouse special election to fill a vacant seat and in the standard House primary. Because Alaska is using ranked choice voting, she could still pull ahead.
Goodwyn is playing games with numbers. His 13.3% figure isn’t the inflation rate, as the term is normally used, but a cumulative total. It’s like saying the U.S. had a 20+% inflation rate under Clinton, the eight-year total. Using Goodwyn’s math, Biden will never bring inflation down without driving the economy into a deflationary recession, even if the monthly rate were to stay at zero indefinitely. Goodwyn is rigging the game.
Remember when Ted told us that there was no real difference between Bush and Gore. All we got from giving credibility to that were overtly managed, interminable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, massive tax cuts for the rich, decades of deficits, Chief Justice Roberts, and Justice Alito. Just inconsequential stuff
Welcome back, and hope you’ll be dropping by more often. You haven’t run into Mo lately, have you?