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Glenn Beck
February 17, 2021
Alex Shephard
Rush Limbaugh Made America Worse
The racist, sexist radio host played a pivotal role in injecting cruelty and conspiracy into conservative mass media.
November 23, 2020
MagazineJake Bittle
Fox News Prepares to Wage a Culture War on Joe Biden
How the network plans to use its Obama playbook against the next Democratic president
August 19, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
QAnon Is Using the Anti-Trafficking Movement’s Conspiracy Playbook
Both are swimming in the same false claims and exaggerated campaigns.
June 5, 2020
Peter Manseau
The Christian Martyrdom Movement Ascends to the White House
A former professor of Kayleigh McEnany, Trump’s new press secretary, explores her enduring obsession with religious persecution and death.
June 1, 2020
Jake Bittle
The Right’s Reign on the Air Waves
How talk radio established the power of the modern Republican Party
March 26, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Deranged Push to Get Americans Back to Work
Some conservatives want ordinary citizens to return to their jobs and absorb the unfolding coronavirus catastrophe on everyone’s behalf.
March 2, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
At CPAC, the Socialists Are Coming to Get You
Conservatives spent their annual conference trying to stitch their phobic panic of a resurgent left onto Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign.
December 16, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
Glenn Beck, the Nutty Professor
The conservative blowhard has transformed from a Never Trumper to a Ukraine conspiracist.
June 28, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
Eric Bolling Is Failing Up
The former Fox News host has bounced back from a #MeToo scandal stronger than ever.
April 4, 2019
MagazineJacob Bacharach
MSNBC’s Wild Ride
Thanks to Trump and the Russia investigation, the liberal network is booming. But is it selling its viewers a conspiratorial fantasy?
October 27, 2016
MagazineLaura Marsh
The Flaws of the Overton Window Theory
How an obscure libertarian idea became the go-to explanation for this year’s crazy politics.
September 17, 2012
John B. Judis
Mock on, Maureen Dowd: Why She’s Right About the Neo-cons
June 16, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Glenn Beck To Provide Bipartisan Voice Of Reason In Middle East
March 10, 2011
T.A. Frank
Meet Peter King’s Star Witness
February 14, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Conservatives Choose Between Kristol And Beck
February 12, 2011
Bradford Plumer
In the Belly of the Beast
November 19, 2010
Jonathan Chait
A Tale Of Two White Boards
November 3, 2010
Jesse Singal
Covering the Coverage of the 2010 Elections
September 4, 2010
Martin Peretz
The New York Times Laments "A Sadly Wary Misunderstanding of Muslim-Americans." But Really Is It "Sadly Wary" Or A "Misunderstanding" At All?
September 2, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Glenn Beck's Racialism

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