Posted on 02/28/2006 6:31:02 AM PST by Geronimo
Edited on 02/28/2006 10:44:02 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Bill Sammon ought to give Drudge a cut of his profits. You cannot buy the exposure this book is getting thus far.
I think there will always be a core of big dailies. Remember there are still millions of gullible libs out there (ha,ha). Seriously though many people like to read papers. Their numbers may diminish, but there will always be that core. People do read the papers for things other than news or commentary. My point is that whether or not the print medium declines, there will always be a need for a large media entity of some sort to gather news.
Amen.....without the MSM, the Dems would have nothing....zip...nada
The old media creates a false reality for the left
This is why the Internet must remain free of any control by anyone. The UN has to keep their hands off as does this country (and any other country for that matter). Information is the link to freedom.
A person may have to sift through a lot of stuff to find the truth, but it's worth the search.
The ultimate Bushbot. ;-)
Maybe internet news sites will begin to get press passes and cover news.
I'll read lib stuff on lib sites, but the difference is I know its lib-leaning. They cover it from their POV, and I think its interesting, in a "looking through the microscope at ants" sort of way.
Its the lying and claims of unbiasness that bug me.
I think it was Powerline, they went to the press hoopla at the USSC nominee hearings, asked one of the Dem senators, something that was so funny, but I can't remember what it was. But it was during a press gaggle, and the senator said that he didn't know who they were, and looked absolutely taken aback.
That's what will happen. But-
As websites begin to grow, and then hire staff to cover beats, and you'll have to pay them eventually.
Of course, that means they have to make money, hence where does the advertising work? Not so much on the internet, IMO. Too easy to ignore or not believe. People like paper ads, something they can hold in their hands.
Big papers will stay around. The NYT isn't going anywhere. Maybe Murdoch'll buy it also, and apply his current winning business model to it.
They are going to have to change though.
I subscribe to the Sunday paper only, primarily for the junk coupons, the NYTimes crossword puzzle, and the weekly TV guide, and I am about to cancel that. I was going to last year but when I called they dropped the price so much that I relented. I don't mind paying the same as I would at the news stand but they want quite a bit more to deliver it.
From a business point of view I understand but as a customer I don't have to agree so I will be calling again to cancel it.
They, like some others, have become a little more balanced lately and I suppose it is because of the back lash. In order to cut cost many settled on AP and Reuters as their wire services and cut staff. Much of the news we get is from that small leftists group. Look at most any paper and the national and international news items make them look like a clipping service. It is all AP or Reuters.
Remember Katrina?
The Stone Age Press is facing a disaster of historic proportions and do they strengthen their levies of credibility? Of course not, they report this natural disaster as if it were Abu Grabass or their George Bush club of the Month. This was by far the worst case of news reporting in the history of this country. Within 24 hours of the breaking of the levy the Samestream press were reporting this as President Bush was willingly killing New Orleans.
They are like skydivers w/o parachutes who rather than flap their arms they have decided to do a delta tuck into the deck and make a dramatic splash of self importance. There could not been a more cut and dry story about a natural disaster than hurricane Katrina, yet they could not put away their extreme politics for a day. Most people wanted to see the disaster and witness as much of the rescue as they could possibly see. Nobody expected to have the worst hurricane to hit America be without suffering but we knew that Americans would come together to help the victims. It was a very simple story to report yet from the minute the levy broke it became a story about the reporters raging hated of President Bush.
The only question left with PravdABDNC is whether they are getting their marching orders from HilaryCares war room or the DNCs war room? Anyone who is in business knows that if you are offering a product to the consumer you must make it attractive or useful. They obviously know that you must put attractive people in front of the camera, but that has not translated into the actual product which has become unwatchable.
Most people would rather spend a night in the Super Dome than watch Spitball or Shepard Sheep & Georalldo. While watching Smith and Whereswaldos metro sexual hissy fit we were waiting for a chair to come flying across the stage. Did he get divorced and married again while he was down there? The only people who were not going nuts were the people in the stadium who kept nervously looking for the Rubber Truck to take the 2 kooks away. And they were the best of the reporting.
When there was the Big 3 monopoly these clowns could get away with their agenda, however those days are long gone. Now, Rush is Americas anchorman while he and Drudge reach millions of Americans who are sick of this diet of hatred. We can go to the same sources the reporters have and get the information that would have never seen the light of day. These Dinosaurs time has passed and this story was the final nail in their glass coffin. From Franken to Russert they walked lockstep with a message that was so far removed from the story as their credibility is from reality. In their world you have the execution before the investigation, when all we want are the facts since there will be plenty of time for reflection. They want everyone who made a mistake Fired, well ok; look into your over used mirrors.
Finally, these knee jerk; heavy on the jerk reactionaries had to go to the race deck. President Bush is trying to kill Blacks because everyone knows that Republicans are racist, sexist, xenophobes as opposed to the all loving Democrats. You know that they are running out of evidence when they have to drag a Black behind a pickup again. Prove to us you are not a racist! Well since I am a racist, although not as racist as most Blacks, Hispanics or Democrats; I will say that this hurricane was not a racist hurricane. No it didnt hit Boston, it hit Louisiana and Mississippi which are predominately Black. You could make an argument that God is a racist yet since he made Blacks it is a hard one to make. We know much of the rescuing was of Blacks by Whites in the hurricane that should mean that this was a non-racist event. If they were using dogs, batons and water hoses to push them back into the water, THAT would be a racist event.
The fact is that there were thousands of Whites risking their lives and reaching out to these people because they were people who were suffering. This was a colorless disaster where people didnt ask who was who but are you hurting? America is the most caring and giving Country in the World no matter which part of the racial gumbo you are. Why anyone would bother to reach for this card just a desperate an attempt to damage a story of inspiration and courage that will last throughout the ages. It will be up to The Space Age Press to report the truth, while the Stoneage levy pours over its banks of hatred once again. Enough braying.
Pray for W, New Orleans and Our Freedom Fighting Troops
Ditto. Sammon's one of the best.
Yep. A small county weekly. The last time I subscribed to a major newspaper was when I was in college, and that was primarily the Sunday edition of a city/regional daily paper (The Billings Gazette), where the coupons and sales flyers were in, the rest of it, I chucked in the trash after reading it.
Memo to the MSM: Buh-bye! hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahhahahahahahha!!!!!
I've seen the Billings Gazette at the newsstands and the thinnest section is the state section. AP even does alot of the state/region stories. The small staff that they currently have focuses generally on human interest fluff pieces. I have no interest in that sort of Oprah-like crap.
As if they [MSM] needs any more motivation to offer up hit pieces. It is their SOLE reason for going to work every morning!!
Thanks for your excellent summary and word pictures of the realities of the MSM Mediots.
It isn't your spelling, it's Drudges!
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