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Why was Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan so bad for the American people? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

his election came out of treasonous interference overseas, his policy was to bailout people who made too many bets oil prices would never rise, his tax policy was to shift the burdens to the middle class and away from the rich, the current real estate laws that favor investors were created then, he illegally funded south american genocides, he oversaw a domestic crackdown on unions that is ongoing, his administration was run by the ghouls who later invaded iraq under false pretenses, and the guy was was also a huge piece of shit.

I'm sure I left out a lot.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

also got rid of the fairness doctrine, explicitly to allow the creation of Fox News and forever change news media for the worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The Fairness Doctrine only applies to network television, which Fox News need not abide by.

The report by the Congressional Research Service notes that broadcast is "distinct from cable, satellite, and the Internet, which are all services for which consumers must pay.
"It does not appear that the Fairness Doctrine may be applied constitutionally to cable or satellite service providers," it continues.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/28/fact-check-fairness-doctrine-applied-broadcast-licenses-not-cable/6439197002/

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Don't forget that he deliberately slow-walked any response to the AIDS crisis...until his friend Rock Hudson contracted it. Then it was all-hands-on-deck.