how Jesse Helms pioneered the rise of right-wing media and realigned the Republican Party /
First Statement of Responsibility
Bryan Hardin Thrift.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 262 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, portraits ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Jesse Helm's politics of pious incitement -- "There is another way": free enterprise, the mainstream media, and southern realignment in the 1950s -- "The voice of free enterprise": a conservative commentator and news director -- "An uncommon number of moral degenerates": the conservative alternative and the fairness doctrine -- Backlash: the great society, Vietnam, and conservative solutions -- Turning off turn-on: Helms as a TV executive in the 1960s -- The dawn of a conservative era: gaining power, 1968 to 1972 -- Epilogue: mainstreaming the fringe.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An exploration of how Jesse Helms pioneered the attack on the liberal media while building a new form of southern conservativism, centering on his time as executive vice president of WRAL-TV in Raleigh.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Helms, Jesse-- Political and social views.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )-- History.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Conservatism-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Legislators-- United States, Biography.
Mass media-- Political aspects-- United States.
Television broadcasting of news-- Objectivity-- United States.