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Reddit mentions of The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy
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The rules were by no means unpopular at the time, but were simply disliked by the radical wing of the Republican Party that supported Reagan during his ultimately successful run in the 1980 President election. The guy was honestly an insurgent candidate who managed to win largely by appealing to folks in much the same way that Trump did last year. The similarities are actually rather striking although I would argue that Reagan was much more controlled and less volatile than Trump he was much more dangerous in terms of actually getting things done once in office.
His policies mostly focused in removing everything the Democrats and moderate Republicans had done since the Great Depression along with cutting taxes. Many New Deal social programs were eliminated and labor unions were absolutely crippled through having their negotiating position weakened to the point where striking laborers were often simply fired during his administration. I personally blame him for the collapse of American manufacturing and the near stagnant wages for American workers since the 1980s when adjusted for inflation. And for the federal debt getting out of control as it was a relatively small proportion of our GDP when he took office but had ballooned into the trillions by the end... but tax cuts as bribes certainly worked to keep getting Republicans elected until the economic downturn of the late George H.W. Bush administration.
As far as the Fairness Doctrine the Wikipedia article is pretty solid and has some good sources if you want to dig deeper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine
I feel like this reply is a bit of a mess but if you want to get deeper into the strategy behind the removal of the Fairness Doctrine and the establishment of right-wing talk radio in America I recommend The Right-Wing Noise Machine by David Brock. He was an insider in the fledgling industry that was right-wing agitprop during this period and eventually became sickened by the beast he helped create.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400048753/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
David Brock documented this quite nicely in his book "The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy" - in 2004.
lol. As submitter I should have remembered. Long couple of days.
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> David Brock's Republican Noise Machine