Local TV stations would probably be MUCH more susceptible to pressure than big national media outlets. Notice that nothing negative is ever reported about car dealers on the local news shows- they are one of the biggest advertising cash cows and get VIP treatment. Same for newspapers and real estate companies. Get them to exert influence and it will be listened to.
Its better to wait until the local media does something monumentally stupid that real does offend 90% or the population and then beat them over the head with that.
More important than putting the existing media’s feet to the fire is establishing media outlets that reach the same audience under OUR control. If Bengazi had happened under a Republican administration it would have been trumpeted 24/7 until the the GOP prez was destroyed. This is a cultural civil war we are fighting and we need to build the media weapons to fight back on even terms.
We also need to try to undermine Hollywood’s revenue base. This is why conservatives should support VERY radical ideas about copyright reform. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act was one of Bush’s biggest mistakes. Napster was the best friend we ever had and we didn’t know it. The mass media is the ultimate source of much of the rot that is consuming our society. Taking away 90% of its profits would have been a gigantic win. Like blowing up the death star....
If George Cloney and Cher are homeless and pushing shopping carts down a back alley in LA they wouldn’t have much time left for politics.
I’m a bit old now, and going under the knife again very soon, so I’ll have a lot of time to do the research and some strategic stuff.. I’ll let you youngins do the front things.. I was active in major enterprises, so I can help get it started..