Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation by Cary Coglianese

Author:Cary Coglianese [Coglianese, Cary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, Public Affairs & Administration, Law, Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
ISBN: 9780812244601
Google: vxOGmAEACAAJ
Goodreads: 13792771
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00

Politi cal Talk Radio

In one sense, political talk radio is anything but new. It predates other forms of media in targeting niche audiences in general and political niche audiences in particular. The tradition of populist radio dates back to Father Charles Caughlin who, during the Great Depression, railed against everything from Franklin Roose velt and the New Deal to racial and ethnic minorities and the influence of Jews. Hence, it is something of an awkward fit in the category of “new media,” but still it warrants at least a brief mention.

According to Pew’s stateofthemedia.org website, twelve of the fifteen most pop u lar talk radio hosts in Fall 2009 were conservative, and none were liberal (Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism 2010). The most popular liberal talk show host, Ed Schultz, attracted roughly 2.5 million listeners per day in 2009, down from 3 million in 2008 (Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism 2010). This represents roughly a sixth of the audience magnitude of conservative talkers Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. This suggests that despite prominent liberal attempts to crack into the medium—most notably by the Air America Radio Network, which declared bankruptcy and ceased broadcasting in 2010—political talk radio remains largely a medium for conservative pop u lism in the tradition of Father Caughlin.

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