What You Should Know About Populism and Polarity in America
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Populism and Polarity in America The Rise and Fall of 20th Century Civility Why Civility Declined while Animosity and Polarity Increased
Adolph
Ochs
bought the NYT in 1898. Index 2. Has Political Control Affected Civility? 3. Did the Federal Policy Contribute? 4. The Telecommunication Act of 1986 5. Citizens United v. FEC 6. Sports Trash Talking Went Public 7. Banning Earmarks in 2011 8. Anxiety Caused Populism
1. Did Supreme Court
Increase Polarity? This is problematic because in most states the minority party has about 40% of voters support. This is especially true when state primaries have success to a single winner. Increasing Cavil Rights, Abortion, and Gun Control began the movement of conservatives into the Republican Party and liberal into the Democratic Party.? Political Parties Began to polarize when FDR kept control of the Democratic Party by excluded many poor southerners from New Deal. Northern Democrats began catering to blacks. LBJ sealed the change with the 1966 Civil Rights Act. Roe v. Wade added fuel to the fire. South became Republican, Coasts became Democratic. Reagan sealed the breach and political polarity intensified.
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3. Did the Federal Policy Contribute? The 1987 Communication Industry Fairness Doctrine was eliminated. Radio Stations were no longer required to present contrasting views. Rush Limbaugh, who had popularized conservative talk radio, now had fewer restrictions. Talk Radio and Identity Politics Flourished. Conservative and Liberal Polarization Proliferate |
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Telecommunications Act of 1996
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Allowed
Increased Political Contributions
Campaign funding increased and sponsorship diversified, which supported both intended and unintended Fake News. |
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6. Sports Trash Talking Went Public Mohamed Ali practically invented this 1960's genre as a boastfully Cassius Clay. Athlete had been formal, cordial, and boring. Ali changed everything with his elite out-of-ring bantering which was only rivaled by his in-ring dominance. Larry Bird and others soon followed. |
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Banning Earmarks in 2011
increased polarization as political cooperating to “bring home the bacon” ended. |