For instance, in the 1940s, major radio networks were expected to donate some time for Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant programming. The National Council of Churches, which determined who would represent Protestantism on this free air time, refused to invite fundamentalists to participate. When he demanded equal free time, he was refused. So even though liberals controlled the media, they didn't sabotage the appeal of fundamentalism. The cultural center doesn't control lots of things that are going on in subcultures on the periphery in American life.
Fundamentalism is a pretty good illustration of that.
Fundamentalists have a reputation for majoring in minors, worrying as much about card playing and dancing as about inerrancy and the Incarnation. At evangelical Wheaton College, for example, social dancing is still forbidden. However, behavioral tests are no longer as important as political tests. Today fundamentalists would have serious doubts about a believer who is a political liberal. Perhaps one thing fundamentalists now share with liberals is a therapeutic model of ministry.