Talk Radio

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• SOURCE: The Week
  2/18/2021
  

  Rush Limbaugh Taught Republicans To Rage

  by Neil J. Young

  Even from the perspective of today's degraded political culture that he helped bring about, Limbaugh's cruelty remains shocking.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/22/2021
  

  The Legacy of Rush Limbaugh (Podcast)

  The Times Podcast "The Daily" looks at the career and legacy of the controversial radio host. 

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• SOURCE: Radical History Review
  2/19/2021
  

  His Ignominy Is His Triumph: a Counter-Obituary of Rush Limbaugh

  by A.J. Bauer

  "You’d be hard pressed to find a better popularizer of the concept of counter-hegemonic struggle (“culture war” in the vernacular), albeit on the right, or a more “organic intellectual” of the U.S. white upper middle class."

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• 2/17/2021
  

  Rush Limbaugh Dead at 70, Influenced Combative Conservatism Over the Airwaves

  by HNN Staff

  The talk radio host energized conservatives and disgusted others with racist, misogynistic, gay-bashing rhetoric, building a lucrative media empire and a culture of politicized resentment. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/17/2021
  

  From Limbaugh to Trump: Rick Perlstein Explains Rush’s Real Legacy

  Washington Post political columnist interviews historian Rick Perlstein on the late talk radio host's impact on political culture. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/17/2021
  

  Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio’s Conservative Provocateur, Dies at 70

  The conservative talk radio host and de facto head of the Republican Party died on February 17 after a long career of airing right-wing grievances and attacking liberals, feminists, environmentalists, Democrats, and Black political leaders.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/9/2021
  

  Rush Limbaugh is Ailing. And so is the Conservative Talk-Radio Industry

  Nicole Hemmer argues that Limbaugh was instrumental in making the Republican Party captive to its voter base, a base led by the content of increasingly right-wing media.