The Mainstream Media have only themselves to blame for this shift. More expensive reporters, hopefully Liberal/Progressive, ones will be layed off in the process. Or even a few major ObamaMedia outlets fail.
Being on the side of this which I see every day, liberal prejudice has little to do with this "shift." Technology has a much greater influence than any left leaning bias.
We sit here and tell ourselves because the MSM is liberal it's dying. This is correct to a certain extent, but not the major cause. I's simple numbers. If online is pulling a half a million viewers, opposed to the 12k print subscribers at a small paper, plus the cost of printing, it's a no brainer!
Either get with the times or fade into oblivion...Horse and buggy vs. Automobile.
Oh yes it does! It is a bad case of Biting the Hand that Feeds You! And offending the viewers you are attempting to inform.
This thread is about the Tea Parties and not about Automation. It is a symptom of how Liberal and thoroughly left the media has gone.
My point is that Media want to treat the Tea Parties as an "it" instead of the grass roots movement by Americans that it really is. And which I am a member.
It wants to paint it (and Americans) as Racist and to marginalize us as much as possible.
And I hope the Liberal/Progressive Media keeps going that way so they can die out just that much faster.
I think online advertising is generally worthless. When I see ads on a website that I am visiting for another reason, I ignore them. Aggressive ads that pop up and have to be clicked off only guarantees that I will never buy their product. Similarly, any unsolicited email I get from any company guarantees I will never buy their product.
When I am looking to buy something, I do use the web to do my research, and will buy alot of things on line. When I do my research online, a well developed and informative website that is heavy on real information and light on overselling will always capture my attention.