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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | MAGA is Dominating the Digital Media Landscape!

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

A recent investigation by Media Matters has shown that the digital landscape is currently being dominated by conservative-leaning content. Why is this happening? And how does this impact the everyday consumers of media? Tune in for Don's take! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:08.0

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0:12.0

It's why you lace up at dawn.

0:15.0

Why a little rain doesn't stop you.

0:17.0

Why one run turns into a habit.

0:24.3

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0:28.1

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0:34.9

I want to talk to you about a subject that is not just influencing our social media feeds,

0:39.5

it is really reshaping our very understanding of the truth in America.

0:44.6

That's important. I want to talk about how right-wing ideology has crept into every corner of our online streaming ecosystem, even in places where we thought were safe havens like sports, comedy,

0:50.2

other supposedly apolitical spaces. So let's start with the basics, shall we?

0:55.6

A recent investigation by Media Matters

0:57.5

has shown that the digital landscape

0:59.3

is currently being dominated

1:01.0

by conservative-leaning content.

1:03.9

So get this, nine out of ten top online shows today,

1:07.1

right-wing in nature.

1:08.7

Yes, nine out of ten. Now, you might say, well, you know, that's just the marketplace of ideas at work, right wing in nature. Yes, nine out of ten. Now, you might say, well, you know,

1:12.4

that's just the marketplace of ideas at work, Don. But here's a thing. It's not. Hear me out

1:19.0

here. There are real reasons to believe what we're witnessing is a systematic skewing of content

1:24.4

that favors right-wing and Republican messaging. listen to my friend sam cedar we're

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