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Well, a while back I posted an article about how the internet has been rising in political influence and how the ruling elites are trying to curtail it's influence by blocking ideas that it views as dangerous.
Meanwhile, it seems, on the flip side - the conservative propaganda machine is in decline. Conservative institutions own almost all the media and currently they influence the class of people with the least expenses and most spare time - but will that demographic window keep moving up?
The youth of the country use the net to gather information and tends to be more liberal.
Meanwhile, it seems, on the flip side - the conservative propaganda machine is in decline. Conservative institutions own almost all the media and currently they influence the class of people with the least expenses and most spare time - but will that demographic window keep moving up?
Vanity Fair article.The dirty little secret of conservative talk radio is that the average age of listeners is 67 and rising, according to Sinton—the Fox News audience, likewise, is in its mid-60s: “What sort of continuing power do you have as your audience strokes out?”
The youth of the country use the net to gather information and tends to be more liberal.