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The Bulwark Podcast

Brian Rosenwald: Fox Is Afraid of Its Audience

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.68.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Fox isn't news, and it isn't propaganda. It's about getting the biggest audience it can, to make the most money it possibly can. And Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity are more powerful than elected GOP leaders — even if they're afraid of their own audience. Brian Rosenwald joins Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0

Welcome to the Bullwork Podcast.

0:40.0

I'm Charlie Sykes. It is Thursday, although I have to confess that we're taping this on Wednesday afternoon.

0:47.0

We're joined by Brian Rosenwald, political historian of the modern United States,

0:52.0

who has a special interest in the role of media in shaping popular political culture.

0:57.0

He's a scholar and resident of the University of Pennsylvania, the author of Talk Radio,

1:02.0

how an industry took over a political party that took over the United States.

1:08.0

Brian also co-founded and is senior editor of the Made by History section in the Washington Post.

1:14.0

So Brian, good to talk with you again.

1:17.0

Charlie, it's always great to be with you.

1:19.0

We have a lot to talk about, including the Fox document dump from last week,

1:23.0

and what it told us and what it reminded us of.

1:26.0

But just a couple of things, you know, catching up here.

1:28.0

You know, Marjorie Taylor Greene on the national divorce,

1:31.0

and the fact that Sean Hannity is taking it seriously,

1:34.0

which seems so relevant to everything else that we're talking about.

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