In writing Banana Republicans, Rampton and Stauber experimented with collaborative research, inviting Disinfopedia users to contribute their own research and analysis while the book was being written.
BananaRepublicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America Into a One-Party State (ISBN 1585423424) is a book by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber of the Center for Media and Democracy.
In the book, Rampton and Stauber argue that a right-wing political machine, in the form of the Republican Party and its functionaries in the media, lobbying establishment and electoral system, is undermining dissent and squelching pluralistic politics in the United States.
In writing BananaRepublicans, Rampton and Stauber experimented with collaborative research, inviting Disinfopedia users to contribute their own research and analysis while the book was being written.
In writing BananaRepublicans, authors Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber experimented with collaborative research, inviting Disinfopedia users to contribute their own research and analysis while the book was being written.
Republicans are usually able to dominate the news cycle, through a three-part strategy: (1) Using complaints of "liberal bias" to "work the refs"; (2) building their own, ideologically-driven media as an alternative to the mainstream; and (3) effectively promoting conservatives WITHIN the mainstream media--helping the find jobs and advance their careers and visibility.
Republicans have begun to use their dominance at different levels of government to achieve "synergies of power," as for example when they pressure lobbyists to hire Republicans, which in turn reinforces their fundraising advantage.
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