The theme of this article wasn’t really Fox News. It was about conservatives having alternative sources and strategies for overcoming bias from the left in the major broadcast and cable news outlets. They mentioned radio, books, articles, and the internet.
All true.
However, the article misses a crucial issue. Speed.
The MSM can have their bias out and around the world twice before those other forms of media can give counter-information. Speed is a huge advantage on any battlefield, and it is in information warfare as well.
It means the MSM enemy ALWAYS gets to set the agenda, frame the issue, and characterize the combatants. That means that the conservative alternative media is always playing catch up and redefinition.
With some long term concerns like abortion that is ok.
But with something like a political campaign in which speed and defining one’s enemy is crucial, the MSM has it head and shoulders over the redefinition assets of the conservative alternatives.
If conservatives truly desire to be engaged in the communication wars, then they must find a means of getting their message to the masses AS QUICKLY as does the MSM. I don’t see that at their hands at the moment in terms of technology. The only way to do it at this point will be with such amazing organization that they can NOTICEABLY get their message to every home in America in a matter of minutes.
They must find a way to seize the initiative rather than always be reacting.
We are always on defense. Every day it is a new assault by the left. We control the House, and accomplish nothing.