Listen to 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Mark Potok Discuss Rise in Extremism on NPR鈥檚 Fresh Air
Mark Potok discusses the recent explosion of right-wing extremism in an interview with Terry Gross on NPR鈥檚 Fresh Air this week, citing the 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 new report.
Mark Potok discusses the recent explosion of right-wing extremism in an interview with Terry Gross on NPR鈥檚 Fresh Air this week. The interview came amid a wave of vandalism and threats of violence aimed at members of Congress who voted for health care reform legislation.聽
The 蜜桃传媒 recently released 鈥淩age on the Right,鈥� its in the U.S. The report documented a surge in extremism as militias and other groups steeped in wild, antigovernment conspiracy theories exploited populist anger across the country and infiltrated the mainstream.
The report found a 244 percent increase in the number of antigovernment 鈥淧atriot鈥� groups, which include armed militias. Potok told Fresh Air listeners that the ideas of these groups and others on the radical right are being spread and validated by mainstream media figures and politicians. to the full interview or the transcript.
