Hard call since the "arrangement" was established so long ago. The benefit(s) of this arrangement have made themselves pretty clear though: Full control of the product and no apparent accountability to those that actually receive that product. Neat huh?
Yea something would give but it'd continue on, nonetheless.
Very likely, but at some point if enough member/owners become strapped for cash, the pure weight of the physical plant would become difficult to carry. Which leads to an interesting question: Just what, if any, physical plant do the crAPweasels have. Rented office space and a handful of PC's??? So, you may be dead on re the crAPweasels. They may be sittin' pretty whilst their member/owners are circling the drain. Funny.
Not a difficult call a'tall, my friend.
The AQ -- whateverinthehell *it* "is" -- was "sold" right about the time Clintigula was elected for the first time, 1993 I believe.
If you think about the times carefully you'd recall it was all the "news services" dutifully reporting [the] corruption inside both Democratic controlled houses, eh?
Subsequently it resulted in the highly successful 1994 Republican revolution.
Shortly following the Republican takeover -- perhaps even before they'd been officially sworn-in -- Mr. Newt, acting as the new SotH began shooting off his mouth, almost boasting his congress would tackle all manner of third rail issues (like tort reform *and* he attacked the "Leftist media") promising to implement all manner of new rule(s) and/or law(s).
That was it, things took a dramatic turn-for-the-worse at that moment.
~snip~
Right around the same time I clearly recall all the Hollyweird big-shots *and* media moguls -- including AQ's new management -- being invited to the White House for a "summit" with The Bent One.
Remember that?
Curiously The detail(s) of that meeting were never revealed or reported to the public, what was released was pure bullshit & the mediots moved-on to more important matters to hammer on 24/7 such as Newt's X, the racist white males burning churches in Little Rock, Hillary in pink dresses & how "draconian" those *we* elected will set "progress" back.
Ahhhhh those were the days, huh.
The right-wing was doomed when it came to getting a "fair shake" from [that] point all the way up to today, and The Associated Quislings -- by far & away -- led the way.
After the "summit" Clintigula could rape, molest fat Jewish interns, keep his behavior(s) while in England at Cambridge {sp?} quiet, make various & assorted deals with Chicoms (involving matters of national security) for *campaign contributions* -- :o) -- rent out the Lincoln bedroom (for more $$), hang condoms on Xmas trees and on & on & on and did any of the MSM sources "report" any of it?
Nope.
While we read of that stuff at various Internet sites *like* World Net Daily etc, at the most appearing in The Washington Times never did we see, read or hear anything on the networks, never by an AQ, Reuters et al source, ever.
What was making it into print had an awful lot of people swearing they'd elect the scumbag to a 3rd, 4th ad infinitum term if only they could.
Yea baby, the power of propaganda *&* a public who trusts -- implicitly -- what they read in their *local* newspaper or see on their TV.
"The benefit(s) of this arrangement have made themselves pretty clear though: Full control of the product and no apparent accountability to those that actually receive that product. Neat huh?"
Oh it's neat, alright.
But it's the *accountability* or really lack thereof which brings to the AQ its real power.
Couple the anonymity with the First Amendment and lookout, pal.
>Yea something would give but it'd continue on, nonetheless.
"Very likely, but at some point if enough member/owners become strapped for cash, the pure weight of the physical plant would become difficult to carry."
Yes, that's true but remember the AQ diversified long ago, didn't just happen yesterday.
We on the Right *like* to think we "own" the Internet but it's far from the truth, now.
Look who supplies "news" one sees at supposedly "right-wing" sites such as Sludge or FoxNews (for example) & 9 outa 10 times it'll be one of the biggies, primarily AQ.
The AQ, they're set.
"Which leads to an interesting question: Just what, if any, physical plant do the crAPweasels have. Rented office space and a handful of PC's???"
That's it.
Telephones (cell or land-line) & fax machines keep the 1,500 AQ "reporters" in touch with one another & an office for the brain-bug to sit on his/her ass while deciding what's terminated & what's not.
Each member paper's Editors pick from whatever the AQ provides and nonmembers simply pay after choosing from the same list.
That's the shtick, they've provided choice but the choice has been prechosen.
Like owning a printing press churning out $100 bills, while, harnessed to a specific ideology.
Infinitely more powerful than just a stack of cash is *influence*, eh?
"So, you may be dead on re the crAPweasels. They may be sittin' pretty whilst their member/owners are circling the drain. Funny."
*Print* media members circling the drain my friend, not all.
Just remember *we* may not have heard all the detail(s), BUT, the BIG print media Liberal-Socialists have diversified & been diversifying for some time to Internet, entertainment *and* television based venues.
So, don't feel too sorry for 'em.
...& never take your eye off the ball. ;^)