The Controversial Legacy of Pat Robertson and His Impact on Politics and Religion.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Vox.com
Pat Robertson, the influential televangelist who died at the age of 93, used his media empire, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), to espouse religious dogma layered in bigotry to millions of viewers on his long-running daily show, The 700 Club. Robertson created the blueprint for decades of increasingly extreme right-wing media, going after every perceivable “enemy” of the church, from feminists and queer people to Palestinians and Haitian earthquake victims. He also founded the Christian Coalition, which became a hugely influential voter mobilization and right-wing lobby group. Robertson's cultural impact was reduced to a litany of nonsensical, bigoted sound bytes, but his influence had barely waned at all during the Trump years.