Political analyst Ryan Girdusky joins me to discuss Jason Zengerle's new book about a cable news star whose career tells the story of modern conservative media
Carlson established himself on Fox News by going after established Republicans from the right and for failing their own voters, something no one else on Fox ever did, including Bill O’Reilly.
His interrogations of Gov Mike Braun and Gov Kristi Noem, revealing them as empty Reaganite donor puppets, were the shows that resonated with conservatives.
Fox News was always in the grievance mongering business rousing up Boomers against the evil Democrats. Carlson put the finger on weak-kneed Republicans officials where it belonged.
Samuel Francis, not Samuel Harrington, wrote about the MARs and advised Buchanan.
Donald Warren, a sociologist, coined the term Middle American Radicals to describe flyover country White American populists in the 1980s. Francis borrowed it from him.
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Carlson established himself on Fox News by going after established Republicans from the right and for failing their own voters, something no one else on Fox ever did, including Bill O’Reilly.
His interrogations of Gov Mike Braun and Gov Kristi Noem, revealing them as empty Reaganite donor puppets, were the shows that resonated with conservatives.
Fox News was always in the grievance mongering business rousing up Boomers against the evil Democrats. Carlson put the finger on weak-kneed Republicans officials where it belonged.
Samuel Francis, not Samuel Harrington, wrote about the MARs and advised Buchanan.
Donald Warren, a sociologist, coined the term Middle American Radicals to describe flyover country White American populists in the 1980s. Francis borrowed it from him.
Thanks for this--I think it is Samuel *Huntington* that Ryan cited, but we appreciate the correction.
Yes, it was Huntington... see how many people it takes to help me make a complete thought