How did conservatives come to dominate so much of the media in the US? Historian A.J. Bauer looks at the formative period between the advent and repeal of the Fairness Doctrine in which the right looked to the left to sharpen a criticism of the media, which ultimately helped give rise to a media ecosystem on the right, with its own commercial imperatives.

A. J. Bauer, Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press Columbia University Pres, 2026

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