Barry Goldwater

Cable Communications Policy Act - Media Deregulation and Consolidation Enabled

1984-10-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

On October 30, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, fundamentally deregulating the cable television industry and setting the stage for massive media consolidation. Written and championed by conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, the act amended …

Ronald Reagan Barry Goldwater Federal Communications Commission Cable industry media-deregulation corporate-consolidation regulatory-capture reagan-administration media-infrastructure

Richard Viguerie Perfects Direct Mail Fundraising - Conservative Grassroots Infrastructure

1975-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

By the mid-1970s, Richard Viguerie had revolutionized conservative political fundraising through direct mail campaigns, building a massive donor network that would finance the New Right movement and create the infrastructure for corporate-funded “grassroots” activism. Dubbed the …

Richard Viguerie Paul Weyrich Howard Phillips Morton Blackwell Terry Dolan +1 more fundraising-infrastructure direct-mail grassroots-mobilization new-right conservative-movement +1 more