Reece Peck is an associate professor of media culture at the College of Staten Island and the CUNY Graduate Center and is the author of Fox Populism: Branding Conservatism as Working Class. He has provided commentary for outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Vice TV.
The Right’s growing success with working-class voters wasn’t won with policy papers or think tanks; it was built through media that speaks their language. If the Left wants to compete, it needs to build a media ecosystem that resonates.