Yesterday, I was at a training in Williamson County. A woman raised her hand and asked, "What do we do about the media?"
"What do you mean?" I asked her.
"We have a local paper that never reports anything but left-wing junk. How do we get them to report the facts and not just their skewed view of the news? It makes it harder to convince our neighbors to vote the right way."
That's a good question. She didn't like my answer right away...
"Create your own news outlet."
"But can't we boycott their advertisers?"
"They don't care. MSNBC would burn to the ground before they would shoot for 'fair and balanced' reporting of the news."
Then I told her that, as Elon so often tells us, "We are the media now."
A domain costs about $10. To host a WordPress or Wix site costs about $50 a month. Ta-da! That's how you create a news outlet. Now start writing.
Anywhere in Texas where I have seen a strong conservative renaissance, it started with the launch of a conservative media outlet, such as Blue Shark in Hood County or The Golden Hammer in Montgomery County. Or even what some now do on X with their account, such as Tarrant GOP chair Bo French. If you have the ability to post and share the news online, then you've done it - you're providing an alternative to the left-wing nonsense.
After the training, I ate lunch with two strong conservatives and we discussed the idea further. I shared with them ways to market the site and get traction. Republicans are hungry for alternatives.
It's really no different than what I teach people about their elected official. You can censure all you like, but until you have an alternative for people to choose, you'll get what you've always gotten - no matter how rotten. Don't like your rep? Then replace the rep with something better. Don't like the local news? Then replace the news.
Yes, it requires work. So does anything worthwhile in life. If freedom is worth the effort, then you do what needs to be done or find and support the talent that can do the work.
Until people have a choice, it's a monopoly. So break the monopoly with a new offering and spark a revolution.
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True but few people, myself included will ever go past Facebook posts. There is no way to change the liberal media, I just posted about that yesterday. And honestly, there’s no way to change their fans.
Sharon, Jesus spread his message to the world starting with one person at a time. Don't worry about the results. Don't look at the enemy. Just plant the seed.
Not to be critical towards Sharon Fisher but as an alternate thought process, she's right. But, I in my endeavors am not looking to "change their fans" I'm looking to inform the uninformed. So many people don't do their homework on how to vote, who to vote for. They depend on others. I'll be those "others". By being the "others" I can now be an influence for sound logic for why those who will never dig into facts about voting. If I create a small group and you create a small group then ultimately we have a large majority.
Understand what the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 was passed so the media could not lie to us or use propaganda. During Obamas Administration The Smith-Mundt Progressive Act was passed or tweeked so the media could lie to us. That is what happened and they get paid handsomely to do so.
My mother was once a raving Hillary supporter in 2008. (I come from a very Democrat family who is now all Republican, but back then...)
When Obama showed up and she saw how skewed the media was to favor him and slight her, it opened her eyes and she started to see.
I was the first Republican in my family and it came about because I worked outdoors in the early 90's and the most entertaining to listen to on the radio was Rush. Six months later, I realized the media was full of it.
When we have alternatives, things can change. When we don't, we limit what change might otherwise happen.
It's that simple.
My small town newspaper is nothing but a source for happenings in the community.
We truly ARE the media so we need to be the most honest ‘reporters’ we can be on whatever platforms we feel are the most effective for us.
I spend most of my social media time on Facebook because that’s where I can reach more locals. That’s currently my target audience as we look toward the Texas primaries.
If you control the media you control the masses - Stalin (Soviet Union)