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How Fox News Changed The World

Then & Now: Philosophy, History & Politics

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Ailes' Divisive Politics Can Win National Majorities

One Bush campaign ad quickly became the most controversial yet. As governor, Dukakis had signed a pass that allowed a convicted murderer out of prison for a weekend. While on release, Willie Horton raped a woman and stabbed her boyfriend. The ad caused an outcry that Bush's team was stoking racial tensions.

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