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 …

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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 …

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AEI Faces IRS Investigation After Baroody's Control of Goldwater Campaign

1964-11-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Representative Wright Patman subpoenas American Enterprise Institute’s tax papers and the Internal Revenue Service initiates a two-year investigation of AEI after William J. Baroody Sr. and several top AEI staff, including Karl Hess, moonlight as policy advisers and speechwriters for Barry …

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Phyllis Schlafly Publishes 'A Choice Not an Echo,' Launching Conservative Movement Infrastructure

1964-05-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Phyllis Schlafly self-publishes ‘A Choice Not an Echo,’ a 128-page polemic attacking the Republican establishment and supporting Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign. The book becomes an instant phenomenon, selling over three million copies by summer 1964 and bringing Schlafly …

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Goldwater Presidential Campaign Mobilizes Business Coalition and Establishes Conservative Infrastructure

1964-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The 1964 Barry Goldwater presidential campaign galvanizes a grassroots coalition of businesspeople, Southerners, Midwesterners, and libertarians who feel sidelined by the Republican establishment, establishing political infrastructure and strategies that become standard tenets of Republican politics …

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