As good a time as any to remind people that the Southern Strategy was never really all that Southern: https://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/052815watchingtvra

As good a time as any to remind people that the Southern Strategy was never really all that Southern: https://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/052815watchingtvracialbias.php https://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/052815watchingtvracia... https://www.mediamatters.org/legacy/video-what-happens-when-local-news-over-represents-african-americans-criminals https://www.mediamatters.org/legacy/video-what-happens-when-... Historically-speaking, if your local news can twist the context to make you easier to sell to (products, services, ideologies), they will do that.