How the 'Gipper' Dismantled Media Safeguards and Planted the Seeds of Trumpism

Reagan's deregulation and repeal of the Fairness Doctrine cleared the path for Murdoch’s empire and the propaganda machine that gave rise to Donald Trump's politics.

Ronald Reagan, the affable Gipper, is a myth. The reality is far darker: he was a destructive force whose policies, deceptions, and transgressions fertilized the soil from which Trumpism would eventu…