TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Overview 2 Media Pioneers of the Right: The “Responsible” and the “Kooks” 3 The Second Generation: Listeners, Clicks, Dollars…and Blood 4 “Conservative-Industrial Complex” – Might on the Right 5 Messengers of the Left: Liberal Media Doesn’t Compare 6 Setting the Agenda: “Ugly” Debut of the Republican Congress 7 Setting the Agenda: Common Core, from Bipartisan to Litmus Test 8 Agenda Setter – Steve Deace: Fear God. Tell the Truth. Make Money. 9 Diagnosis: “Epistemic Closure” – “Untethered from Reality”? 10 Endnotes 11 Appendix A: Conservative Internet Sites 12 Appendix B: Political Slant of Top Radio Talk-Show Hosts 13 Appendix C: The Common Core Standards Initiative: News Coverage and Commentary 14 Acknowledgements Download as a PDF