I don't think you can understand the off your election results if you don't understand the influence of right-wing media

Shows on Fox and Newsmax radio shows in local communities

We're like loudspeakers for Republican candidates and

Increased the salience of certain issues like what's being taught in schools

So now that the elections are over and everyone's talking about what's going to happen in 2022

Let's discuss the right-wing media machine with an expert who's been studying it for years

But first let's cue the music

I'm Brian Stelter and this weekly Reliable Source's podcast is our chance to go in depth

Talking with leaders and newsmakers about how the news gets made how the media world really works

This week my guest is Brian Rosenwald

He's a political and media historian and the author of the book talk radio is America

He's also a scholar in residence at the University of Pennsylvania

Brian great talk with you Brian. It's great to be with you

I hope the two Brian's isn't too confusing to our listeners

So let's start with the the reckoning about Tuesday's elections

We we are taping this on Thursday

I feel like now two days after the voting we can start to process what

What happened with the meaning of the election results is

I'll confess to you Brian

I try not to consume a lot of the coverage in the immediate aftermath of elections because

I feel like it takes a little while to know the true meaning of the results

But here we are two days later

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