2023 · 1 season · — · ★ 0.0
This four-part series looks at the rise of right-wing talk radio in the USA. From the deregulation battles of the 1980s, to the ascent of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, other conservative shock jocks - and their digital heirs. The first episode explores the Reagan era, as America's first celebrity president deregulates the airwaves and dismantles the Fairness Doctrine.
Start from S1E1 · The End of Fairness
E12023 · 42m
Ronald Reagan, America's first celebrity president, deregulates the airwaves and triggers the rise of right-wing talk radio.
E22023 · 42m
Examines the rise of Rush Limbaugh and the weaponisation of the new medium by Republican lawmakers in the early 1990s.
E32023 · 42m
Explores the immigration battles of 2007 and 2013 when two American presidents tried and failed to bring about reform.
E42023 · 42m
An exploration of how conservative media invents and perpetuates alternative realities to undermine US elections and voting rights. A look at the Stop the Steal coup attempt and its aftermath.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015·6.1
