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A.J. Bauer

@ajbauer.bsky.social

Researching conservative news and right-wing media. PhD in American Studies from NYU. I teach at but don't speak for the University of Alabama. News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX). Pre-order *Making the Liberal Media* (https://shorturl.at/e31nU)!

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Turns out the 'liberal media' was the friends conservatives made along the away.

10.12.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making the Liberal Media | Columbia University Press Conservatives have disagreed about many things, but they have long been united by the belief that the mainstreamβ€”or β€œliberal”—media is biased against... | CUP

It's baked into the modern conservative movement's DNA. See here for more: cup.columbia.edu/book/making-...

10.12.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The right won't stop until it controls all media.

10.12.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh jeez my life has been wasted!

10.12.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Oh you wrote a book about that? Why, there's already this meme."

10.12.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hands down the best part of spending a decade writing a book is that people on social media send you memes about it like they are all we need to know about the topic in question.

10.12.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you really meme-splaining me rn?

10.12.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, sure. But like read the book because the history is more interesting and complicated than that.

10.12.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making the Liberal Media | Columbia University Press Conservatives have disagreed about many things, but they have long been united by the belief that the mainstreamβ€”or β€œliberal”—media is biased against... | CUP

You can now pre-order my book, Making the Liberal Media, directly from Columbia University Press!

Use the discount code CUP20 and save $7!

cup.columbia.edu/book/making-...

10.12.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

A joke? Like the yellow part of an egg?

10.12.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A conversation with Wellesley’s only professor on Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist Turning Point USA’s β€œProfessor Watchlist” drew a surge of attention following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, on Sept. 10, prompting professors on the list to brac...

"The watchlist is not a little sunglasses icon. It is a scope with someone’s sight that you would think of on a gun for precision. That to me is terrifying. It is threatening. You don’t have to be very far between the lines, between figuring out what a watchlist might mean."

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Thank you so much!

10.12.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our students have raised 90 percent of their $25k goal.

Will you help them cross the finish line?

10.12.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are interested in reviewing it let me know and I'll connect you with my publicist!

If you are interested in hosting a book talk, hit me up! I've got talks lined up in New York, Berkeley, and Davis (CA) this spring, and in conversations about possible events in Boston and London.

10.12.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making the Liberal Media | Columbia University Press Conservatives have disagreed about many things, but they have long been united by the belief that the mainstreamβ€”or β€œliberal”—media is biased against... | CUP

You can now pre-order my book, Making the Liberal Media, directly from Columbia University Press!

Use the discount code CUP20 and save $7!

cup.columbia.edu/book/making-...

10.12.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

"there's a new serif in town"

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CBS NEWS

News the White House can trust

CBS NEWS News the White House can trust

Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone

10.12.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7965    πŸ” 1145    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 28

Amy Brookheimer should never have dumped this guy.

09.12.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In case you missed this yesterday: They’re more than half way to their goal!

09.12.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Weird that people expect a college football ranking system based almost exclusively on vibes to somehow also reflect merit.

09.12.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

2 Fox 2 Furious

09.12.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The thing about "complying" with anti-DEI laws is that they are chock full of racist euphemism and designed to fix "problems" that do not actually exist.

You can't comply without validating the racist worldview on which these laws are based.

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πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™

09.12.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Sid!

09.12.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not an alum but I just donated $100 to help support African American/women journalists at the University of Alabama. They were abandoned by their school, which shamefully buckled under Trump. Together we can support young journalists to maintain a free press & keep hope alive!!

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Can a Group Allied With the Right Defend the 1st Amendment for All? β€” Assigned FIRE, a product of the β€œacademic freedom” campaign, wants to protect free speech for everyone. Yet its stances show deference to religious views and a persistent anti-queer strain.

NEW: FIRE positions itself as an alternative voice for free expression, but an analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social found deference to religious-based viewpoints in free speech debates β€” and in some cases, the elevation of those views over all others.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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In case you missed this yesterday: They’re more than half way to their goal!

09.12.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Every year Tuscaloosa has a Christmas parade. And I never remember what day it is. And I always learn it’s happening by seeing flashing lights in the distance and mistaking it for a horrible traffic accident.

09.12.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing glasses and a black turtleneck is holding something in his hands and making a funny face . ALT: a man wearing glasses and a black turtleneck is holding something in his hands and making a funny face .
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Ask the Steak-Ums guy, he’s the expert.

08.12.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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