Stunning article in the Columbia Journalism Review I havent seen given enough prominence, because I'm not sure all of us are aware of how widespread is the reach of evangelical news filtering (and growing). Both radio and TV.For example more people are getting their news filtered this way than by NPR. Think about it, the rest of radio is a news wasteland and people spend a lot of time in their vehicles and so may THINK they've heard the news, so it may not matter what the networks say or do at 6.30 pm.
Southern Baptist Convention's Family Net reaches 30 million homes (I have to think that this means 'is available to' via cable, rather than actual documented audience).
No secret I guess that these stations are tax exempt even though they pushed for GOP vote in election lead-up, and have huge access to GOP. Read the article here.