• Kathryn Cramer Brownell on Whether MTV Killed Democracy

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    Andrew talks to Kathryn Cramer Brownell, author of 24/7 Politics, about the role of cable news channels like MTV, Fox, CNN & C-SPAN in fragmenting American democracy

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    Kathryn Cramer Brownell is an associate professor of history at Purdue University and the author of 24/7 Politics: Cable television and the Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News.


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