OPEN LETTER TO THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA: We are NOT Amateurs and we are going to kick your butts.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Whew! I'm glad you're on our side.

That's one of the best rants ever. Can I pass it along to some folks?

Slim

[handy]

The image is clickable @ Allah is in the House

[Pukin Dog]

Please do, Slim. Thanks.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I have some family that can get it out to the aviation community and subvets. Thanks, and hope you're feeling better.

[hoosiermama]

Just read. RIGHT on target. I'd be interested in comparing FR average IQ to that of the news media.......(We seem a little heavy on engineers, lawyers and PHds. Wonder how many of the MSM made it out of college?)

[hoosiermama]

Everyone here needs to email this to their friends so that it goes around the world spreading the truth.

Can someone in NYC print a copy off and nail it to the door at CBS?

489 posted on 09/12/2004 7:24:16 AM EDT by Rebelbase (Partisan Political Operative) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]

[demlosers]

Pukin Dog

[longtermmemmory]

Sadly I think Fox is trying to "buy" the admiration/legitimacy by doing professional courtesy of a free pass.

The fox that was trying to be #1 would have been all over this story in DETAIL and WHO GAVE THE INFORMATION!

I think Fox may have been told to back off or they would look "access" to Kamp Kerry.

[Samwise]

Forgive nothing. That was great! Sic 'em!

[nathanbedford]

Not a rant but a great pukin vent

[imintrouble]

Late to the congratulations but sincere nevertheless - well done. You are our voice.

I address the following post #507

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To: Brilliant
He also complained that there was no check on the bloggers. To me, it seems that he's really complaining that the bloggers have now placed a check on the networks.
Yes, that's it. The Internet community has evolved into a watch dog of the MSM. Bloggers may get aspects to a news story incorrect, but their take on things can get vetted by hundreds of thousands if not millions of people, and the truth usually surfaces. We vet ourselves and we vet the news organizations, especially on important issues.


507 posted on 09/12/2004 5:30:15 AM PDT by demlosers (52 days left until the Kerry campaign is put out of its misery.)

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The tide has turned and the internet has given voice to those who have had to swallow the pap delivered each night into the homes of most people who are too tired and too busy with their personal lives to tap into research and questioning what they are being fed.

Now the "little" people (who aren't pulling in millions, having a vested interest in delivering a daily news suited to special interest groups) have their place in checking each and everything delivered.

I challenge the Alphabets and some cable news outlets to clean up their act: they are no longer the kings and queens of information. If we of the internet world are described as sitting around in our pajamas, it further promotes the fact we do not need an "image" to project truth and integrity - because it is there for checking. The checking is done as the membership develop a topic from start to finish. Very few members get away with lazy research as there is always another who will call him or her out.

Our members themselves constantly check messages, they do research, argue points, revise and reverse, debate and discuss, and get it right - in front of the world.

No secret meetings of what to "promote" - which has been your methodology and is now proving to be your downfall.

No more secret meetings trying to defend a blatant set of lies involving a national political election, continuing your fabrications to "save face". What are you trying to save? Save yourself by admitting the truth.

Never again tell the public what you think we should be told to believe! The internet and the bloggers are here to stay and will catch you at your games every time.

Change your delivery to us or close your newsrooms entirely.
We want honest untainted information, not what you believe
is tidy newstainment suitable for those who don't care.

In these days of minute to minute crises, it is imperative we receive the honest reality of our world in order to make concrete decisions on our own.

[Samwise]

Personally, I think I have THE best screen name at FR -- Need a New Press.

Now, I get it!

***slapping self in forehead***

[Pukin Dog]

In these days of minute to minute crises, it is imperative we receive the honest reality of our world in order to make concrete decisions on our own.

Spot on.

If they wont do it, the masses will continue to migrate to other sources of information.

[BooBoo1000]

Hey you, your remark about people in their 70's being the only ones who get their news from the T-V station's is
just not true. I happen to be in that class, and I have been a supporter of Free Republic since the Rally in Washington D. C. to impeach Clinton. I do not watch, support, or listen to any of the National News Stations.

Just because we can remember the Debates between Wilkey and FDR does not mean we are all wrapped up in our blanket, sitting in front of the T-V. I still work 40 hours a week, and in my spare time I enjoy Freepers. Pick on some other group.

[longtermmemmory]

The MSM fears they will be reduced to giving summaries of what was going on in the internet...

[Peach]

Hey - don't be so sensitive. Sheesh.

I did not say that all 70 year olds are watching Old Media. But that most older people continue to get their news from Old Media has been written about in newspaper articles. Additionally, in studies about who owns computers, it is the elderly, even more than the poor, who do not own or use computers.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

That was some great writing! Thanks.

Glad to see that you remember Cronkite. So many today believe that it has just now become a problem.

So many today think that we older folks just accepted it. No. With no Internet and with the liberals filing "Fairness Doctrine" complaints against radio station owners we had nothing but limited circulation publications and face-to-face contacts. A few cities had conservative newspapers in those days, also.

During the early days of talk radio after President Reagan did away with the FCC "Fairness Doctrine" I could not count the number of times a day that callers exclaimed to the host, "I didn't know that others knew that! I thought I was the only one!"

Speaking of the "Fairness Doctrine" about a year and half ago there was a spate of mainstream media stories testing the waters for it to come back. Never again!

[RightOnline]

Well said. A tad wordy, but.........very well said. Kudos and ditto.

[imintrouble]

Thank you - your acknowledgement means a great deal.

Again, you are our voice.

What the networks need to understand is that we correct others in public, slam them for lazy reporting, check and check and check again to dig out the real stories, and never get paid for it.

Another point for the news organizaations to remember is they are expected to serve the public. They might want to ponder on that concept and what they have
been abusing under the label of "service".

We are rewarded in satisfaction and this particular event is but one example.

Your post summed it up beautifully. Enjoy your kudos you deserve them.

[xtinct]

Amen PukinDog...

You left out IT folks... moi..!