Back in the early 2000s, right-wing talk radio was a juggernaut that influenced American politics so thoroughly that all mainstream GOP leaders genuflected to their power. Rush Limbaugh was, of course, the king, a man so powerful that he was given substantial credit for the Gingrich Revolution in 1994 with the freshman Republican class going so far as to award him an honorary membership in their caucus. There was a time not long ago when the entire Bush family got on the horn to wish Rush a happy birthday on the air.
When Limbaugh got into trouble for saying something crude or outrageous, such as saying the Abu Ghraib torturers were just “blowing off steam,” the whole conservative establishment would jump to his defense:....
http://www.salon.com/2016/08/16/the-danger-of-the-rights-noise-machine-years-of-misinformation-led-to-trumps-rise/
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