Can Democracy Survive 24/7 Cable News?

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In her new book, 24/7 News: Cable Television and the Fragmenting of America From Watergate to Fox News, Dr. Kathryn Cramer Brownell, Associate Professor of History at Purdue University, shows how cable became an unstoppable medium for political communication that prioritized cult followings and loyalty to individual brands, fundamentally reshaped party politics, and, in the process, sowed the seeds of democratic upheaval. In her conversation with Brad, Dr. Brownell reveals how cable TV created new possibilities for antiestablishment voices and opened a pathway to political prominence for seemingly unlikely figures like Donald Trump by playing to narrow audiences and cultivating division instead of common ground. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Buy the book here in order to support SWAJ: https://bookshop.org/lists/swaj-recommends-september-2023/edit To Donate: venmo - @straightwhitejc Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC SWAJ Book Recommendations - September 2023: https://bookshop.org/lists/swaj-recommends-september-2023/edit Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.1	Axis Moondy.
1:15.2	The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct
1:21.6	the church.
1:22.8	Most Christians are now confronted with questions concerning what we all believe and why.
1:28.2	We need to be the party of nationalism and I'm a Christian and I say it probably. We
1:32.3	should be Christian nationalists.
1:33.8	When it comes down to democracy or power, white Christian nationalism will choose power
1:39.3	every time. After over a decade of studying Christian nationalism and three decades practicing
1:44.9	the Christian faith, I'm convinced that Christian nationalism is a very real threat to American
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