Great point. But Limbaugh and, to a lesser extent, Jerry Springer, were also huge influences on public abuse and erosion of dignity and respect for others.
Don’t forget the 80’s when President Ray-gun started the “the government is the problem.” crap. And the mass consolidation of companies with leveraged buy-outs. Which began the GREED of me me
me and the loss of caring for others. That all led to The Apprentice. And here we are😫
Yep, and the WWF/WWE viewers of the 2000s or so when they were so violent and the way they treated the women created MAGA today. McMahon taught Trump lots on how to win audiences over.
I've had a theory about that. There were many things that happened before, and many more things since, but I've put it down to one moment. The very second when things went to hell is when Geraldo got hit in the nose with a chair.
The worst of humanity was a ratings booster. It never recovered.
It honestly started in the 90s. Gen X-ers produced and watched garbage like pro wrestling and Jerry Springer style shows, which naturally led to garbage like reality television in the 2000s. Coarsening our culture with vulgarity, violence and "dra-maaa!" had consequences.
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Mark Burnett brought us The Apprentice and all the hell that has followed
me and the loss of caring for others. That all led to The Apprentice. And here we are😫
But I’ll never blame OGs (The Real World).
(Yes I know that show began in the 90s. I’m GenX.)
The worst of humanity was a ratings booster. It never recovered.