Resolved: We need conservative presence in traditional media. The internet isn't enough.

8 November 2006 | RPTMS

[RPTMS]

The main-stream media, the old media, the liberal media, whatever you want to call them, have shown that they can still screw this country up when they really want to.

[RPTMS]

I want to see conservative newspapers, radio stations, and television stations in every market. The Washington Times and the New York Sun are good, but their daily editions are only available in their respective areas. A conservative over-the-air broadcast network would help, too. That way we wouldn't have to pay the porn-peddling cable and satelite companies just to see some conservative news coverage.

[RasterMaster]

I want my FR TV!

[Names Ash Housewares]

We got ganged up on.

I have been thinking the same thing.

We need new ways to reach people.

The internet has saved our bacon a few times.

But we need new ways.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I always thought we had it with FOX news. They sure turned into a bunch of backstabber and sold us out.

[albie]

I want my FR TV!


That would be the ultimate. A friend of mine at work said that what we need is a conservative "USA Today" newspaper. I agree, along with FR TV.

[kesg]

Agreed! This election was actually a win for old media. But how exactly do you go about increasing conservative presence in old media? Especially after such a convincing election win as this one is sickeningly turning out to be?

[kingu]

So start one. It's not rocket science. 20,000 copies, tabloid style, folded and bundled runs about $1150 in most markets, including a spot color. (16 pages.)

Just figure out how to pay for getting it out, since that's going to be your biggest cost. Alas, we'll waste what it'd cost to start ten of these papers, cover their distribution, etc for two years fighting to prove a hundred votes were frauds.

[Maeve]

FR TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oceanview]

what we need, is our own George Soros. A conservative "money man" who will invest in information outlets. The audience is there for them, but we have to expand beyond talk radio and FR, we just don't reach enough people.

[My2Cents]

Ditto that. It's pretty clear that Fox News has been lost.

[RockinRight]

So that's 17 for a buck.

Freeper donations?

[The_Republican]

We need to convert some Machachas!

[Echo Talon]

Hell even hotair.com and michelle malkin seemed to be in the democrats camp!

[Lancey Howard]

Uh, no. We need to finish off the scumbag "traditional media".

[Mamzelle]

Excuse me, but Protestant Chrisiains can't even get a tumble in the National Review.

No Baptists allowed.

Hey, Kath'rin, y'listening? The evangelicals may be ready to leave you the heck alone.

There's gotta be another way. Maybe our own Conservative party, now that the Kristol bunch has thoroughly fragged us out. How can we do worse?

[kingu]

Actually, let me spell it out more clearly.

On this board, you have probably 250 to 400 professional writers, three or four editors, at least a dozen illustrators, thousands of photographers. Start the paper, publish a few copies, and then set up reporters in every major city. Handle their credentials. And then you can actually go to press conferences and ask those questions the drive by media will never ask.

You can publish things, get it out there, even if it's just paper on a bar to catch slops. You'll have a resource that other papers and yes, websites, can mine. Most of it can be done on a volunteer basis, and publishing costs for a hundred thousand papers is about $10k a month. Less than what is raised to run FreeRepublic each month.

[UpAllNight]

If Allen loses, we can definitely thank CNN and especially MSNBC.

[SmoothTalker]

This sounds awfully lot like someone whining about the refs after a sports game. We've won plenty before against the MSM and some of that was before Fox and the internet. What lost us this race was an inept and disorganized campaign. I mean what was our message this time? Did we have much of a unified one?

[WOSG]

If Allen loses, we can definitely thank CNN and especially MSNBC.

... and the WashPost.

[Darkwolf377]

Oh fer Pete's sake, we lose one election and the world is over.

So much for those "Dinosaur Media Alerts" and reports of circulation and ratings dwindling--not to mention that we're still powerful as the opposition party.