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As many of you know, CBS recently ran a two part series on homeschooling that was outrageously bias and misleading. Today, it has been reported that they are planning a TV movie that will smear Ronald Reagan. We have put up with Rather for so long but enough is enough. CBS needs to be held accountable to the truth. We need to do something.
Free Republic is about grass-roots conservatism. Therefore, I propose we create a website at www.boycottcbs.org. The domain is available. I am willing to put up the money for domain registration and web hosting. (This runs $15 bucks and $5 buck a month, respectively.) What I am looking for in this thread is to flush out this idea and recruit volunteers to participate in the development and maintenance of the site. I simply cannot do it alone. We need people who are able to commit the necessary time to this project. At minimum, we would need:
1. Webmaster - oversight responsibility of development and content
2. Programmer - Assist the webmaster in site development
3. Content manager - Develop and coordinate website content
4. Promotion dirctor - responsible for getting the word out and generating traffic
5. PR manager - Handle external communication
6. Technical manager - responsible for technical coding - e.g. scripts, php, etc.
7. Discussion board manager - responsible for maintenance of discussion boards (a discussion board comes with a verve hosting account so this would be maintenance rather than development)
8. Content volunteers - responsible for monitoring and reporting sponsers and stories on CBS
. That is a start. Other needs can be discussed once we develop of core team. I envision the site would at a minimum:
1) Document bias in news stories and programs.
2) Identify and counter their left wing agenda.
3) Provide context and correct errors and expose outright lies in their stories and television programs.
4) Provide sponser information to facilitate boycotts and contact.
5) Provide opportunities for public discussion and interaction via discussion boards, reader reports, chat etc.
If you are interested, reply on this thread and also contact me through freep mail. All comments concerning this proposal are welcome.