About this episode
This episode explores the New Right's failed attempts to launch a television news channel and its impact on today's media landscape.
Before Fox News, the grassroots conservative activists known as "the New Right" spent decades attempting — and failing — to launch their own television news channel. In this bonus episode, Purdue historian Kathryn Cramer Brownell chronicles the New Right's TV efforts, why they failed, and how it all ultimately culminated in a stunning success — the creation of today's media ecosystem. Other tidbits include Richard Nixon's news obsession, a conservative wine show, and a "fight for survival" at CBS.A production of NuanceTales, in partnership with WFAE, distributed by the NPR Network.NuanceTales: https://www.nuancetales.com/WFAE: https://www.wfae.org/landslideNPR: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510376/landslide To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
People in this episode
Guest: Kathryn Cramer Brownell
Topics covered
- New Right
- television news
- media ecosystem
- conservative activism
- historical analysis
Keywords
- New Right
- television news
- Fox News
- media ecosystem
- Kathryn Cramer Brownell
- Richard Nixon
- conservative activism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fox News, CBS, NuanceTales, WFAE, NPR
Books & works: conservative wine show
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