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A. J. Bauer is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He is a coeditor of News on the Right: Studying Conservative News Cultures (2019).
With deep curiosity, creativity, and intellectual skill, A. J. Bauer has unearthed a story about the rise of the right that shifts the paradigm, by placing the habit of criticizing the media at the core of conservative identity. It is full of irony and richness, and utterly convincing. -- Rick Perlstein, author of <i>Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980</i> Through meticulous archival research, Bauer shows that “liberal media bias” is not just a slogan but foundational to modern conservatism. From anticommunism to MAGA, newspapers to Joe Rogan, Making the Liberal Media traces the roots of right-wing media criticism and how it structured and legitimized the modern right. An essential read for understanding how conservative critiques of journalism became a political strategy, an identity marker, and a driver of media innovation. -- Alice E. Marwick, director of research, Data & Society Well-written and deeply researched, Making the Liberal Media delivers new and significant insights into how conservative leaders employed the ""liberal media"" claim to build a movement that came to dominate US politics and policy formation. Bauer is an exceptional storyteller. -- Sid Bedingfield, author of <i>Newspaper Wars: Civil Rights and White Resistance in South Carolina, 1935-1965</i>
