I think you are on to something.. I suggest the Local News anchors are as liberal as the big nets, but have a more freedom to pass along their biases to direct consumers in local markets..
Lets lead some organized badgering of their stations and advertisers until they stop out of fear of losing their jobs, or fired.. The left does it all of the time.. I say fair play, I am sick to Hell over the way they covered for this despot..
Local TV stations would probably be MUCH more susceptible to pressure than big national media outlets. Notice that nothing negative is ever reported about car dealers on the local news shows- they are one of the biggest advertising cash cows and get VIP treatment. Same for newspapers and real estate companies. Get them to exert influence and it will be listened to.
Its better to wait until the local media does something monumentally stupid that real does offend 90% or the population and then beat them over the head with that.
More important than putting the existing media’s feet to the fire is establishing media outlets that reach the same audience under OUR control. If Bengazi had happened under a Republican administration it would have been trumpeted 24/7 until the the GOP prez was destroyed. This is a cultural civil war we are fighting and we need to build the media weapons to fight back on even terms.
We also need to try to undermine Hollywood’s revenue base. This is why conservatives should support VERY radical ideas about copyright reform. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act was one of Bush’s biggest mistakes. Napster was the best friend we ever had and we didn’t know it. The mass media is the ultimate source of much of the rot that is consuming our society. Taking away 90% of its profits would have been a gigantic win. Like blowing up the death star....
If George Cloney and Cher are homeless and pushing shopping carts down a back alley in LA they wouldn’t have much time left for politics.