I propose that we start making and distributing conservative DVDs as a way to reach "TV types"

Hillary's Secret War, The Clinton Conspiracy to Muzzle Internet Journalists; Pittsburgh Post Gazette | 2004 and 3-25-05 | Richard Poe & don't know

[strategofr]

Here's 2 examples of things to put in DVDs and distribute as widely as possible to the American people. Ex. 1 from Pittsburgh Post Gazette, March 20, 2005.

"On April 28, 2003, President Bush made a speech to Arab-Americans in Dearborn, Michigan proclaining his confidence in the ability of the Iraqi people to create a new democracy and his commitment to helping build that vision. The crowd went wild in response. But ABC gave the speech only a few sentences."

Ex. 2 from Hillary's Secret War, the Clinton Conspiracy to Muzzle Internet Journalists, by Richard Poe, 2004

"Sixteen million Americans watched the live broadcast of the Concert for New York City on VH1---a subsidiary of MTV, which is owned by Viacom, which, in turn, owns CBS. Those sixteen million people were quite possibly the largest audience ever permitted to see an uncesnored broadcast of Hillary being heckled

"...on Christmas Day, 2001, something very strange happened. VH1 aired the Concert for New York City once more. But this time, the jeers and catcalls were gone. In their place, applause and cheers greeted Hillary as she walekd onstage. Across America, every video and DVD on sale featured the same doctored version of the concert.

"Thanks to the magic of digital editing, Hillary's public relations disaster was recast as a triumph. The hecklers vanished as completely as exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky had once vanished from Soviet archives, his face airbrushed out of every photo.

"With Hillary being groomed for the presidency, Big Media simply could not afford to let Americans know how deeply the heroes of 9/11 hated her [New York City's police and firefighters, the main audience for the concert]. If Americans knew, they might ask why..."

[strategofr]

I propose that we start making and distributing conservative DVDs as a way to reach "TV types" who get most of their news through TV and don't read that much. DVDs are really cheap to manufacture (I believe less than 20 cents apiece, maybe way less) and they can be produced cheaply now with digital camcorders and PC editing.

[jocon307]

I'm not sure what copyright laws one might run afoul of doing as you suggest. Certainly copying things like that concert which is being sold in stores would be a big no-no. And with the RIAA willing to sue little children and old people, I'm not sure it is worth the risk.

I hate to be a wet blanket.

[infidel29]

Post Gazette ping

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Your point is well taken -- using alternative media to get the truth out is always worth at least considering....

[strategofr]

You're not being a wet blanket. You are pointing out a mistake I made and I appreciate it.

In essence, I'm envisioning a front to back "guerilla" operation, including people with video cameras at events.

[strategofr]

Thanks.

[bilhosty]

I propose that the FCC issue licenses for new TV stations en masse. The stations could only be locally owned by individuals living in the community for a set period of time (like 5 years.) Then in order to protect Independent stations from unfair competition (or something like that),All independent stations are given the right to contract with Hollywood producers for access to the shows that are being run by the networks at the same price that the networks pay. This would effectively put the networks out of business.

Does any of you legal eagles out their know if this could be done by the FCC alone or would they have to have congressional action to do it?

[strategofr]

Time out. The broadcast bandwidth is limited by the laws of physics. There cannot be unlimited TV stations, except via cable. Using cable technology, your idea would be feasible (as far as the laws of physics are concerned), as the capacity of fiber optic cables is huge.

[Bob J]

As mentioned in #2, there could be a copyright issue.

[bilhosty]

okay then we license as many as possible. How many would that be?

[strategofr]

Yes, I really again failed to be clear. What I am thinking about is public events. If the Hillary event occurred at a concert, I guess that could block the strategy in that instance.

The other example, of the Bush speech to the Arab league would stand. There would be a nearly infinite number of good sources, such as videos taken by our soldiers in Iraq, interviews of conservative journalists by people close to issues propagandized by the Left, etc. However, Hillary may have figured out in advance that she was safe in this regard at the speech in question.

[strategofr]

Good question but I do not know the answer.

[Bob J]

This is the problem with your suggestion, you can lead a horse to water...

The information you talk about is out there, the problem is one has to make an effort (like going to FR or tuning to a conservative radio station) to get it. All the hoopla over the internet and the "new media" is great, but until we get a consistent presence where the people in the middle go to get information (mainstream newspapers, magazines and television) the left will continue to dominate information dissemination and push their propaganda on the American people.

[strategofr]

Point well taken. But the idea of distributing DVDs opens up the notion of who can make news. No one would have to go to "a conservative radio station" to find a "conservative journalist". Anyone with a video camera who had an honest attitude could function as a journalist.

There would stll be some money involved, I realize, and some organization required. But it would be a smaller requirement.

By creating DVDs, we can create an entry into the average home. And my point is, the production of DVDs is basically very inexpensive.

Say you could manufacture them for 20 cents apiece. That means you could make a million of them for $200,000. It's a cost effective way to disseminate info that is very similar to a movie or TV news---realms which are difficult for conservatives to break into.

Even working through Free Republic, a group could probably raise $200,000 for a good cause, like dissminating a DVD full of videos made by our troops in Iraq to give another view of what is going on in that country, in a general way. That is just one example.

You know, people are motivated to take action. FR people have demonstrations for example, sometimes using costumes to make a stronger visual point. The same amount of human energy could be used, in some cases to make a video. Which turned into a DVD might have a larger impact than a demonstration for a given issue.

I still think the example of Bush bieng wildly cheered by the Arab League in Michigan when he said he had confidence in the Iraqi people being able to vote for themselves and decide their own destiny would have been a good thing to have on a DVD that was widely distributed. You could even charge people 20 cents a DVD, cutting your production costs to nothing and making it almost unlimited. The cost coudl be paid either by the person receiving it or conservative activists could buy them in $2 lots for free distribution to relatively open-minded Liberals or Independents.