The Father Coughlin story is interesting because of parallels to the modern era. Wildly popular charismatic figure (30M listeners at peak when US had ~120M ppl). Private broadcasters tried to fact-check, pre-clear speeches, ban him while fans protested the censorship. FDR tried to stay out of it.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:miczfsfixolk42l7343z3bpd/post/3m55h4ntsp22s
Renee DiResta
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2025-11-08 23:31:15 UTC
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