1.89 millon Americans watch Fox News. There are 125 million households in the USA. It's difficult for political and news junkies to comprehend, but the vast majority of Americans are not engaged or informed politically. They do not watch Fox or CNN or the Colbert Report or listen to Rush Limbaugh. The populism that article talks of was not manufactured by the right-wing media. It has been around far longer than the Tea Party or Fox news. It can be found in every democracy. The term populism was coined in classical Athens, and I'm pretty sure ancient Greece didn't have talk radio. Blaming a news outlet for creating the wave that Trump is riding ignores how enduring and widespread a force nativism and resentment of elites has always been in democracies.
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If this day gets you riled up, you obviously aren't numb to the disappointment yet to be a real fan.
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