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A.J. Bauer

@ajbauer.bsky.social

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Researching conservative news and right-wing media. PhD in American Studies from NYU. I teach at but don't speak for the University of Alabama. News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX). Pre-order *Making the Liberal Media* (https://shorturl.at/e31nU)!

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · Jul 8

Due to production delays, my book is now scheduled to go on sale March 10, 2026.

You can still pre-order now on Amazon! Or other pre-order options will be available starting in December.

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Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press

Amazon.com: Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press: 9780231218368: Bauer, A. J.: Books

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you so much, Wunpini!

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 18h

CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades by @ajbauer.bsky.social

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CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was once deemed the "Communist Broadcasting System" by conservative activists.

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 11h

Missed this earlier in the week. A must read!

Luke Herrine @lookheron.bsky.social · 3d

I’m back up in @lpeblog.bsky.social today

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as an antagonist to @beaubaumann.bsky.social in this generative post about thinking bigger in our rebuilding ambitions

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Rebuilding State Authority In A Post-Trump America

In the ruins of the administrative state after Trump, many on the left see an opportunity to design a New Deal-type reconstruction agenda. But building state capacity requires a government that is…

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 11h

Week in review: @lookheron.bsky.social on neoliberalism and authoritarianism in higher ed, Beau Baumann on losing and regaining administrative legitimacy, and Matthew Dimick on the dreaded double distortion argument against predistribution.

Plus, the best of LPE from around the web! 🧵👇

Weekly Roundup: Oct 10

Luke Herrine on neoliberalism and authoritarianism in higher ed, Beau Baumann on losing and regaining administrative legitimacy, and Matthew Dimick on the dreaded double distortion argument against…

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 12h

I'm developing a new doctoral course in Media Sociology for the spring.

I've got ideas for readings and course structure but I'm curious if others have ideas or syllabi I could consult?

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

This is called policy-based evidence making (the antipode of evidence-based policymaking, a thing we should all want)

A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 1d

This perfectly encapsulates how right-wing politics works and why it is so dangerous.

Rather than observing the world as it is and proposing changes, right-wing politics start with an idealized conception of the world and go about reshaping reality to confirm to that vision.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 1d

conform*

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 1d

No government should be this obsessed with penises.

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 1d

1,000 monkeys typing on 1,000 typewriters for 1,000 years couldn't come up with the combination of words "gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta."

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 1d

The International Brigades were ahead of the Allies.

A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

Habeas Corpus?

a woman says i don 't know her on a tv show

ALT: a woman says i don 't know her on a tv show

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

Ol’ Auntie Fa!?

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

Or are we talking Buenaventura Durruti’s girlfriend? Also surprising if she’s alive.

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

André Marty’s girlfriend is still alive?

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

For the evening crowd:

A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives have dreamed of taking control of CBS News for the better part of 80 years. They've finally done it.

My latest for Time's Made By History series:

time.com/7318570/cbs-...

CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was once deemed the "Communist Broadcasting System" by conservative activists.

time.com

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives have dreamed of taking control of CBS News for the better part of 80 years. They've finally done it.

My latest for Time's Made By History series:

time.com/7318570/cbs-...

CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was once deemed the "Communist Broadcasting System" by conservative activists.

time.com

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 2d

“CBS first raised the ire of modern conservatives in the early 1950s, when it stood up to Sen. Joseph McCarthy at the height of his anticommunist witch hunts.” Great history by @ajbauer.bsky.social time.com/7318570/cbs-...

CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was once deemed the "Communist Broadcasting System" by conservative activists.

time.com

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives have dreamed of taking control of CBS News for the better part of 80 years. They've finally done it.

My latest for Time's Made By History series:

time.com/7318570/cbs-...

CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was once deemed the "Communist Broadcasting System" by conservative activists.

time.com

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Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 3d

Great piece by @ajbauer.bsky.social in Time about how Conservatives have been after CBS News for a very long time.

I wish AJ had mentioned G.H.W. Bush's ambushing Rather on live TV, and G.W. Bush's FCC giving CBS biggest fine in history for Janet Jackson, etc.

time.com/7318570/cbs-...

CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was once deemed the "Communist Broadcasting System" by conservative activists.

time.com

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 3d

Wanted to work in Rather! I’m mostly focused on 1940s-1990s and didn’t have space to fully unpack “Memogate.” But yes we can certainly continue the trend line all the way up to the present!