Thursday, January 13, 2022

U.S. "conservative media" has a long history

Conservative media history in the United States did not come from nowhere. It has a long history. It has been many things. I recently wrote a couple articles on the topic that I wanted to share here.

3 Important Figures in U.S. Conservative Media History: Nackey Scripps Loeb, Roger Ailes, and Newt GingrichIt's a 7-minute read on Medium.

"Where did 'conservative media' come from?" about Clarence Manion, Henry Regnery, and William Rusher. It's a 4-minute read on Medium.

See also Dick Dowdell's "Two Dollars a Month to Break a Republic: Fox News was never an ideological project. It was a billing innovation — and every American with cable paid for it, willingly or not." It's a 10-minute read on Medium.

Illustration of a man watching TV news.
Image from mohamed_hassan on Pixabay

How Roger Ailes Created Modern Conservatism And how Donald Trump upended it., Politico, David Greenberg, July 20, 2016

What the Left Can Learn From A MAGA–Adjacent Christian Streaming Service, For What It's Worth (FWIW), February 2026

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