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The parent article is describing the political tipping point in 1938 where the isolationists were removed from media, isolated (sic) and discredited as the inte
by olivermarks 6y ago
The parent article is describing the political tipping point in 1938 where the isolationists were removed from media, isolated (sic) and discredited as the interventionists became the dominant force in US politics.
From that point the US was aligned with the allies, organized and then officially launched lend lease arming of the allies in January 1941 before joining the european war in December of 1941.
Coughlin, Lindberg et al were vilified and lost their public voices.
- kevinventullo 6y agoAre we reading the same article? There is absolutely nothing in that link about anyone being censored, isolated, or discredited. It instead describes overall public opinion shifting as Germany took more of Europe and Britain held them at bay.
- olivermarks 6y ago'...The firms silencing him were the broadcasters of the day. As a media historian, I find more than a little similarity between the stand those stations took back then and the way Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have silenced false claims of election fraud and incitements to violence in the aftermath of the siege on the U.S. Capitol – noticeably by silencing the claims of Donald Trump and his supporters.'