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Right wing talk shows in the United States have been given new impetus by the election of Barack Obama. But are they creating a new kind of politics?

In the United States, the right-wing talk show has been given new impetus by the election of Barack Obama. The style of these shows and their hosts is robust and confrontational. One recently made headlines with his assertion that the new president had a deep seated hatred of white people. In this edition of Analysis, Lucy Williamson asks whether America's right-wing media is creating a new kind of politics.

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10 minutes

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Mon 5 Oct 2009 04:40GMT

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  • Mon 5 Oct 2009 04:40GMT

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project