Greeted with derision in some corners and perplexity in others, the movement's new magazine launches at Cpac today. Editor Steven Allen tells David A. Graham how he'll stand out in a crowded field of right-wing media properties.
As the Tea Party surged in popularity and helped Republicans to a record victory in Congress last fall, Steven Allen surveyed the movement and worried about its long-term viability. Could the excitement last beyond a single election cycle? He looked back on previous protest movements. The abolitionists had William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Chicago Defender was an important clearinghouse for news about civil rights. What the Tea Party needed was its own periodical, he concluded.
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And Thursday, at the Conservative Political Action Conference, that periodical, a monthly magazine called the Tea Party Review, is being unveiled, and Allen has grand ambitions for it.
As the Tea Party surged in popularity and helped Republicans to a record victory in Congress last fall, Steven Allen surveyed the movement and worried about its long-term viability. Could the excitement last beyond a single election cycle? He looked back on previous protest movements. The abolitionists had William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Chicago Defender was an important clearinghouse for news about civil rights. What the Tea Party needed was its own periodical, he concluded.
Related story on The Daily Beast: This Week's Must-Read Journalism
And Thursday, at the Conservative Political Action Conference, that periodical, a monthly magazine called the Tea Party Review, is being unveiled, and Allen has grand ambitions for it.
- 2/10/2011
- by David A. Graham
- The Daily Beast
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