When two dreamers met, a megalomaniacal media mogul, and a behind the scenes conservative wizard behind Nixon, Reagan and George W. Bush's campaign, who could have imagined what would have blossomed? Now in every airport, hospital lobby, military base, and probably your meemaw's house, you can see the fruits of their labor. We cover the origin story of Fox News in this episode and ways the progressive left may be able to balance the scale.

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