Talk Radio's America
Subtitle: How an Industry Took over a Political Party That Took over the United States
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780674185012
Subjects: Literature
Description: The march to the Trump presidency began in 1988, when Rush Limbaugh went national. Brian Rosenwald charts the transformation of AM radio entertainers into political kingmakers. By giving voice to the conservative base, they reshaped the Republican Party and fostered demand for a president who sounded as combative and hyperbolic as a talk show host.--