The Divided Dial: Episode 3 - The Liberal Bias Boogeyman
b'How did the right get their vice grip of the airwaves, all the while arguing that they were being silenced and censored by a liberal media? In\\xa0this episode we look at the early history of American radio to reveal that\\xa0censorship of\\xa0far-right and progressive voices alike was once common\\xa0on radio. And we learn how, in the post-war and Civil Rights period, the US government encouraged more diverse viewpoints on the airwaves \\u2014 until it didn\\u2019t.\\n\\n\\nThe Divided Dial is hosted by journalist and Fulbright\\xa0Fellow Katie Thornton. Her written articles and audio stories have appeared in The Atlantic, 99% Invisible, The Washington Post, BBC, NPR, WNYC, Minnesota Public Radio, The Guardian,\\xa0Bloomberg\\u2019s CityLab, National Geographic, and others. She is a lifelong radio nerd who got her start in media as a teenager, volunteering and working behind the scenes at radio stations for many years. You can follow her work on\\xa0Instagram\\xa0or on her\\xa0website.\\n\\n\\nThe Divided Dial was edited by On the Media\'s executive producer, Katya Rogers. With production support from Max Balton and fact-checking by Tom Colligan, Sona Avakian, and Graham Hacia. Music and sound design by Jared Paul. Jennifer Munson is our technical director. Art by\\xa0Michael Brennan.\\xa0Special thanks this episode to Tianyi Wang.\\n\\nWith support from the\\xa0Fund for Investigative Journalism.'