Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility
by
Jeffrey M. Berry, Sarah Sobieraj
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
In early 2012, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed that Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student who advocated for insurance coverage of contraceptives, "wants to be paid to have sex." Over the next few days, Limbaugh attacked Fluke personally, often in crude terms, while...