Conservative bias how Jesse Helms pioneered the rise of right-wing media and realigned the Republican Party / Bryan Hardin Thrift.
| Author/creator | Thrift, Bryan Hardin |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014] |
| Description | xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Jesse Helm's politics of pious incitement -- "There is another way": free enterprise, the mainstream media, and southern realignment in the 1950s -- "The voice of free enterprise": a conservative commentator and news director -- "An uncommon number of moral degenerates": the conservative alternative and the fairness doctrine -- Backlash: the great society, Vietnam, and conservative solutions -- Turning off turn-on: Helms as a TV executive in the 1960s -- The dawn of a conservative era: gaining power, 1968 to 1972 -- Epilogue: mainstreaming the fringe. |
| Abstract | An exploration of how Jesse Helms pioneered the attack on the liberal media while building a new form of southern conservativism, centering on his time as executive vice president of WRAL-TV in Raleigh. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013029232 |
| ISBN | 9780813049311 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |