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The Hartmann Report

LOOKING FOR A PROGRESSIVE FOOTHOLD IN THE MEDIA

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

The Hartmann Report, Climate Change, Democracy, News, America, Debate, Congress, Economics, Thom Hartmann

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Why does the Progressive left find it so hard to be represented in the media and truly challenge the powers that be in our country?


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The white vote in America is split 5342 toward the GOP.

0:52.0

The black vote is reliably 83% Democratic, but the Hispanic vote is the one that's up

0:57.4

for grabs, and they represent the second largest demographic in America.

1:01.6

There are more Hispanics in America than African Americans, and they represent the fastest growing

1:06.9

demographic in America. Blacks are 12.5%, Hispanics 13.3%, white 66.7% at the moment, although

1:15.3

those numbers are dynamic. If Republicans can peel off just a few percentages of this Hispanic vote,

1:22.9

they can do big things. Back in the 1920s, big business was reliably Republican, and you had

1:29.1

Father Coughlin, this Catholic priest who had a radio show on what went on to become NBC,

1:35.0

the red network I think it was, maybe it was the blue network, one of the other.

1:38.8

Father Coughlin was on, and about a third of America listened to every one of his programs,

1:44.0

which is breathtaking. I mean, you know, Rush Limbo, I never got those kind of numbers,

1:48.1

33 share in every radio market. And Coughlin was, you know, Gungho Republican until 1929,

1:55.9

when the Republicans crashed the economy. And so when Franklin Roosevelt came along in 1932,

2:01.3

Coughlin with his giant microphone, you know, his talk radio, he was the godfather of talk radio,

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