.... Keith Urbahn, who heads the PR firm promoting the site and recently served as chief of staff to former Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Posted on 10/31/2012 1:48:52 PM PDT by Dacula
Tea Party conservatives are getting their very own news site.
The Tea Party News Network, self-described as "the only trusted news source and the antidote to mainstream media bias," is already live but will announce its launch tomorrow morning, with plans to start live video on election day. TPNN claims to have a "war room of 40-plus volunteers" who will operate out of the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, and has established partnerships with the Talk Radio Network and radio host Rusty Humphries, who will be co-anchoring the election night coverage.
"There are plenty of news websites out there, but there isn’t one that caters directly to Tea Party conservatives, providing activists with coverage and opinion that matters to them. The Tea Party News Network changes that," Todd Cefaratti, editor of the Tea Party News Network, said in a statement for the forthcoming press release.
As with many right-wing news sites, TPNN puts heavy emphasis on the anti-mainstream media message: "We don’t need our supposed betters in the mainstream media telling us which stories matter or what we should think. We don’t mindlessly mimic the talking points of Washington leaders. The Tea Party movement now has a home for news it can trust."
Truth be told, it's not as though Tea Party conservatives have been homeless on the web. Most right-wing news and opinion sites, including the Media Research Center and the Breitbart network, cater to those who would label themselves members of the Tea Party. But this is the first site of its scope to apply the branding and assert itself as "the voice of the Tea Party." Cefaratti is also promising to be "a vigilant watchdog on Washington’s leaders regardless of the outcome of the November election."
"TPNN is not going to be just any other conservative backwater on the Internet," said Keith Urbahn, who heads the PR firm promoting the site and recently served as chief of staff to former Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Election coverage will be co-hosted by Humphries and TPNN News Director Scottie Nell Hughes, with a particular focus on Tea Party-backed candidates like Ted Cruz, Allen West, Michelle Bachmann, and Mia Love.
It’s already overloaded or getting hit with a DOS attack.
Appears that they have limited bandwidth capability but a good start. I think that I will watch Glenn Beck’s website that has better capabilities. Thanks anyway - now maybe they will be better later but wow they are slow right now.
I do like the idea though... Nothing wrong with a specific Tea Party site!
” - - - Todd Cefaratti, editor of the Tea Party News Network, said in a statement for the forthcoming press release. - - - “
Any FReepers out there know anything more about Todd Cefaratti?
Just checking for facts, as Politico is probably below the NYT in terms of the least trust-worthy Government Outlet Of News (GOON). Well, then there is Jay Carney, Obama’s personal GOON.
Drives ‘em crazy. lol
Never heard of him.
I’m against a branding campaign around the Tea Party. I would prefer to defy branding and labeling, and operate with agility...
The more conservative news sites out there - the better. Fox is the only station we have, and it leans 50% left.
.... Keith Urbahn, who heads the PR firm promoting the site and recently served as chief of staff to former Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
No, but I remember something about their featured blogger, John Hawkins.
Hawkins was a sponsor for a GOProud fundraiser up in New York, just before the same-sex marriage debacle up there.
Sounds positive. But I can’t deny I’ve grown enormously wary of the GOP-Establishment types using the tea party as a false front, while behind-the-scenes they push their usual degenerate candidates/agendas like open-borders and homo-marriage.
http://abouttoddcefaratti.com/
Marketing and financial expert Todd Cefaratti earned his B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a graduate degree in Marketing from the University of California, Irvine. Before becoming the CEO and President of Glengary, Inc., in 2007, Todd Cefaratti spent 17 years working in the upper management of the financial industry for such companies as the PNC Financial Services Group, Bank of America, CTX, North American, and Norwest. The expertise Todd Cefaratti acquired while working for major financial corporations was instrumental in transforming Glengary, Inc., into one of the largest lead providers of reverse mortgages in America. Working with major lenders across America, Glengary, Inc., searches for homeowners looking for additional income. Reverse mortgages help people over the age of 62 to convert the value of their homes into income. Todd Cefaratti oversees the operation of Glengary, Inc., and uses his marketing expertise on its behalf.
Todd Cefaratti donates his time to community and political causes; he is the executive director of the TheTeaParty.net, one of the Tea Party’s leading recruiting organizations. TheTeaParty.net recruits thousands of people a week, and is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Tea Party movement. Todd Cefaratti works assiduously to keep TheTeaParty.net current; the site lists events, accepts donations, contains a local Tea Party locator, and features videos. Todd Cefaratti serves as a volunteer on the school board of the Christ’s Greenfield Lutheran School in Gilbert, Arizona. Todd Cefaratti resides in Mesa, Arizona, with his wife and two daughters, to whom he devotes much of his time.
Former Senate majority leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), now a D.C. lobbyist, warned that a robust bloc of rabble-rousers spells further Senate dysfunction. “We don’t need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples,” Lott said in an interview. “As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them.”
But Lott said he’s not expecting a tea-party sweep. “I still have faith in the visceral judgment of the American people,” he said.
wahooooo!
Being based at the Venetian hints at very deep pockets behind this effort.
Thanks for the link. Went there and the Dems are already attacking with teabagger comments. It would be great if they did like FR and deleted liberal “comments.” Make it for Tea Party Patriots Only.
I saw on C-Span a talk and later Q&A with Coulter. A lady in the audience asked why we can’t have a Conservative channel? Without FOX we have nothing. We need a second strictly Conservative TV channel. The left have a multitude of options.
You know some people with money and know how could do this. I think a groundswell could happen. I’m sure ready.
Now, all those FReepers with blogs can look legit, posting excerpts from their new home on TPNN.
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