Beginning with the printing press, journalism was technology. Internet technology now adopts all of the evils practiced by journalism’s contemporary ghouls; most notably the Tea Party News Network. To be fair, television’s ghouls are far more loathsome than print because TV adds spoken words to the blood and gore stories. The first 2 minutes from the Canadian show The Newsroom (1996 - 1997) says it all:
Commercial political sites on the Internet are wasting no time in following print’s, and TV’s, business model “If it bleeds it leads.”
The Internet’s business model is no different than organized religion —— which is thousand of years older than journalism. Media must rely on advertising dollars (paid for with tax dollars these day), while the Internet must rely on voluntary donations:
NOTE: The Internet’s similarity to religion and government is astonishing in that it is possible for an Internet news site to maintain its integrity on voluntary donations, while the media will always run with the blood.
Also, let me remind everybody that the government is out to abolish freedom of speech on the Internet. Indeed, destroy the Internet as it exists today, while the remainder of media is as safe as is the gold in Fort Knox.
Incidentally, the stories about the Chicago sewer rat being angry at television has never been more than a propaganda load of manure designed to make the pubic believe that television’s ghouls are the government’s mortal enemies. Personally, I’ve always doubted the sincerity of a constitutionally guaranteed free press that does not attack the government 24-7. Never-ending attacks is the only chance of returning to limited government in order to salvage what little remains of individual freedom.
Finally, I suppose it all comes down to millions of loyal readers/viewers tuning in. So long as the suckers continue to absorb media’s blood soaked messages “It will always lead if it bleeds.”
Commercial political sites on the Internet are wasting no time in following print’s, and TV’s, business model “If it bleeds it leads.”
Several tea-party staffers have resigned from the Tea Party News Network, accusing the company of employing “despicable practices” that are “immoral and unethical” – and treating the movement’s patriotic activism as a “pain in the a–,” “not an opportunity to save the country.”
The exodus Thursday came on the heels of a Daily Beast expose that revealed readers’ concern that the Tea Party New Network, or TPNN, began to drift from the movement’s core values. Instead, they say, the company focuses on promoting sensational click bait – like video footage of street fights – between its news postings.
“It was supposed to be an educational tool for people who were upset with what is going on in the world,” tea-party activist Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, also known as “Joe the Plumber,” told the left-leaning Daily Beast. “But then they figured out, ‘Hell, we can make more money off of this.’ I stopped going to the site. It stopped being informative.”
The exodus Thursday came on the heels of a Daily Beast expose that revealed readers’ concern that the Tea Party New Network, or TPNN, began to drift from the movement’s core values. Instead, they say, the company focuses on promoting sensational click bait – like video footage of street fights – between its news postings.
“It was supposed to be an educational tool for people who were upset with what is going on in the world,” tea-party activist Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, also known as “Joe the Plumber,” told the left-leaning Daily Beast. “But then they figured out, ‘Hell, we can make more money off of this.’ I stopped going to the site. It stopped being informative.”
The Internet’s business model is no different than organized religion —— which is thousand of years older than journalism. Media must rely on advertising dollars (paid for with tax dollars these day), while the Internet must rely on voluntary donations:
TPNN, which was launched in 2012 to act as an “antidote to mainstream media bias,” is owned by TheTeaParty.net Founder Todd Cefaratti. According to the Daily Beast, TheTeaParty.net collected more than $6 million in donation during the most recent election cycle.
Tea-party exodus: Site sees activism as 'pain in the a--'
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NOTE: The Internet’s similarity to religion and government is astonishing in that it is possible for an Internet news site to maintain its integrity on voluntary donations, while the media will always run with the blood.
Also, let me remind everybody that the government is out to abolish freedom of speech on the Internet. Indeed, destroy the Internet as it exists today, while the remainder of media is as safe as is the gold in Fort Knox.
Incidentally, the stories about the Chicago sewer rat being angry at television has never been more than a propaganda load of manure designed to make the pubic believe that television’s ghouls are the government’s mortal enemies. Personally, I’ve always doubted the sincerity of a constitutionally guaranteed free press that does not attack the government 24-7. Never-ending attacks is the only chance of returning to limited government in order to salvage what little remains of individual freedom.
Finally, I suppose it all comes down to millions of loyal readers/viewers tuning in. So long as the suckers continue to absorb media’s blood soaked messages “It will always lead if it bleeds.”
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