It's more a "fad", wrt opinion, than anything else- conspiracy implies coordination. Soon the redefinitions will be redefined, and then we move on to something else.
There is a fine line.
The civil rights movement, the womens movement, the anti war movement of the 60's and 70's, and people getting on the Internet in the mid to late 90's is more like a redefinition.
Like a light bulb goes off and people are saying: "hey, why didn't I think of that?"
I don't think people like Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, and Bill O'Reilly need much coaxing to voice their opinions.
But, the owners of Clear Channel Communications and News Corp had a lot to do with Republicans on the Federal Communications Commission to allow more and more of the nation's newspapers and broadcast stations to be concentrated in fewer and fewer hands.
Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt saw something more primal unfolding: an extraordinary conservative power grab that could shape the political landscape for generations.
Hundt told Salon, this ..is really about an alliance of interests between the political right and the corporate media.
Clear Channel Communications and Rupert Murdoch (News Corp. (Fox TV, Fox News, Fox Sports, 20th Century Fox Studio, the New York Post, HarperCollins Publishers) hold similar political views.
It seems these two organizations can create a powerful "fad" and influence large groups of people to define things coincidentally sounding like talking points coming out of Karl Roves office.
But, even if this is not a conspiracy of 24/7 right wing programming on radio and cable tv, if people don't get to hear Disco (not that I like Disco) may not get to like Disco. |
