Posted on 04/23/2013 2:02:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
To borrow a Sarah Palin aphorism, after their election defeat in 2008, conservatives didn’t retreat, they “reloaded.” Instead of finding new solutions to public policy problems or seriously reevaluating Bush’s failures, conservatives focused almost solely on new ways to communicate their old ideas. To do so, they looked to their natural allies in corporate marketing for inspiration — and they looked to the Left for imitation. The result has been a recent and profound turnaround that has allowed the Right the bury Obama’s message and dominate the political debate.
Historical right-wing domination of the media
Traditionally, conservatives have almost always dominated direct mail solicitations, retained the best pollsters money could buy and paid for the most celebrated advertising makers. Message discipline is the first lesson for any Republican politician. Talk radio? unquestionably controlled by conservatives.
Cable news? Fox News couldn’t be more right-wing and popular. The Right had also dominated the Internet for most of the Internet’s fledging history. Throughout the 1990s and for much of President George W. Bush’s first term, conservatives easily ruled online news. And much of that initial sucess stemmed from foundations and entrepreneurial pioneers such as Matt Drudge, creator of the wildly popular headline-aggregating site Drudge Report, and Jim Robinson of the news message board Free Republic. The pair formed a symbiotic relationship. Drudge, who played a role in breaking the Monica Lewinsky story, made waves in the media with scoops on the latest Clinton scandals, and Free Republic provided a platform for conservatives to share conspiratorial perspectives and to organize their own rallies and events. Many of the angry mobs hounding Clinton at public events were mobilized by Free Republic. The impeachment rally that was organized by the Free Republic, “Treason Is the Reason,” featured Republican lawmakers and writer Christopher Hitchens...
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This “rich investor” just made another $20 donation I couldn’t afford....even though I’m a “rich investor”!
>> “Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American”
>> SALON, DAVID SIROTA
The histrionic critics.
Historical right-wing domination of the media
Outstanding job you’ve done with Free Republic, Jim!!
Mr. Robinson,
I never got to thank you for this site...so, thank you. One of the few sites I trust anymore. keep up the good fight.
HARDLY....but thank you (((hug)))!!!
angry mobs
Proud to be a part of this 'angry conspiratorial' rabble, boss !
One of the most valuable facets of the FReeper family is our distribution... we have FReepers on the ground ready to post local, accurate information in real time, even in the most repressive environs, or extreme outbacks.
At the same time as FR is shaming the MSM with timliness and accuracy, our membership’s variety of professions, experience, cultures, and mindsets raise the dialog to analytic heights and viewpoints that just aren’t available elsewhere.
The analysis and insight afforded by our gang of experts and misfits alike takes FR far beyond the sadly lagging cable 24/7 “news” and the propagandist mainstream media to a powerful convergence of like-minded souls demanding truth.
It’s amazing, really. Ask Dan Rather.
Hey, they got your name right this time JimRob, I’m gonna print it out and frame it!
Amen Jim.
I sending another donation, right now.
Be Ever Vigilant!!
Wow...a liberal that actually gets it RIGHT for a change.
Most libtards think Drudge writes the news himself.
Jim,
Glad to hear you are so well funded by conservative billionaires. Guess you won’t need to do those quarterly funding drives anymore. BTW, say hello to the Koch brothers for me the next time they invite you to a soirée.
bttt
... and living rent-free in their little pinheads all this time, too! :-)
You bet Sir! It took me 3 years to find this great place! LOL...
It was thru Drudge that I found FR. He just links to stuff. His site is a great tool too, but FR is addictive!
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