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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Helms, Jesse -- Political and social views.
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Helms, Jesse. |
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Political and social views. |
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History.
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
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History. |
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Helms, Jesse. |
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Mass media -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
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Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Conservatism. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Television broadcasting of news -- Objectivity -- United States.
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Television broadcasting of news -- Objectivity. |
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators. |
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Biographies.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Thrift, Bryan Hardin, author. Conservative bias 9780813049311 (DLC) 2013029232 (OCoLC)855263739 |
ISBN |
9780813048987 (electronic book) |
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0813048982 (electronic book) |
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9780813049311 |
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0813049318 |
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