Where Did ‘Conservative Media’ Come From?

‘Messengers of the Right’ gives a 20th-century U.S. history

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Nicole Hemmer’s Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016) examines conservative media in the United States between the 1940s and 1970s. Specifically, Hemmer looks at the influence of “broadcaster Clarence…