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Part One: The Birth of American Fascism
Behind the Bastards
How Did Coughlin Get to the Top of Naziism?
At his peak Father Charles Coughlin was reaching roughly 29 million American listeners per broadcast. The only other broadcaster who has ever come close is Rush Limbaugh at 20 million. He started out angrily decrying the KKK and moved on to attacking the banks as the Great Depression kicked off. By 1931 the focus of most of his ire were the international bankers who'd started World War I.
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