Sadly, Joe, great expanses of our Nation have little or no access to progressive news, ideas, radio, TV, even printed papers never reach them without the Murdock or Limbaugh twist... If we travel in the boonies, of the West, Southwest like we've done for many years, radio becomes a wasteland of preachers of hate or just oddball preachers... Satellite Radio saves us from that today, but no way for the locals to afford any of it.. Same with local CATV, limited access except for those that carry their own dish antennas with them...
The Information Age is still pretty limited out there in the boonies...