The Fox News Congressional Caucus

Ohio Representative Jim Jordan is now the House Minority Leader. On this week’s On the Media, how the congressman’s 700-plus appearances on Fox News enabled his ascent within the Republican Party. Plus, a historian chronicles American socialism, and how it got so popular today.

[00:00]  Micah sits down with Matt Gertz, senior fellow at the progressive watchdog Media Matters, to chat about how Ohio representative Jim Jordan, freshly minted as House Minority Leader, leveraged record-breaking Fox News appearances to ascend to his new role.

[00:00] Micah speaks with Noa Landau, Global Editor of Ha’aretz, to talk about the paper’s growing presence in the U.S., its role in a conservative Israeli media landscape and its recent investigation into the death toll in Gaza.

[00:00]  Brooke chats with Michael Kazin, history professor at Georgetown University and author of What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party, about socialism’s reported resurgence during the midterms, and the political philosophy’s 20th-century heyday in the United States.
 

Further reading / watching:

• “Fox News Caucus: New House GOP leader Jim Jordan has made at least 716 weekday appearances on Fox since 2017,” by Matt Gertz
• “Israel's Opposition, Take Note: The Global Pendulum Is Shifting,” by Noa Landau
• “Whither American Socialism?” by Michael Kazin

 

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