Cultural-Warfare

Christian Coalition Founded - Grassroots Religious Right Electoral Infrastructure

1989-09-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On September 25, 1989, at an organizational meeting in Atlanta, Pat Robertson founded the Christian Coalition following his unsuccessful 1988 Republican presidential bid. Robertson recruited Ralph Reed, a twenty-eight-year-old doctoral student in history at Emory University, as the …

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Rush Limbaugh National Syndication Begins - Conservative Talk Radio Ecosystem Created

1988-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On August 1, 1988, just one year after the FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine, Rush Limbaugh launched his radio broadcast into national syndication with 56 radio stations. The show was co-owned and syndicated by Edward F. McLaughlin’s EFM Media Management, with McLaughlin being former …

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Moral Majority Founded - Corporate Agenda Masked by Religious Cultural Warfare

1979-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In June 1979, Paul Weyrich and Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority during a meeting at a Holiday Inn in Lynchburg, Virginia, with Weyrich coining the term “moral majority.” The organization represented a strategic alliance between corporate interests and religious conservatives, …

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