How to Deal With Gutter Sludge Like Wonkette: Starve the Beast

NewsReal ^ | April 20, 2011 | Jenn Q. Public

[TheHawksNest]

Sites like Wonkette are the overflowing Porta-Potties of the Left. The writers luxuriate in fetid puddles of their own waste, lusting after the next opportunity to belch forth their sewage into the blogosphere.

Wonkette‘s vile, dehumanizing mockery of Trig Palin on his third birthday is just the latest eruption of filth–far from the first and you can be damn sure it’s not the last. Why? Because Wonkette bloggers don’t just wallow in sludge, they traffic in it.

Wonkette intentionally hires despicable, soulless writers who relish the chance to call Trig Palin “retarded,” and it’s not just because they enjoy being assholes (though of course, they do). It’s because their disgusting attacks on Sarah Palin and her family draw ire from the blogosphere, and with ire comes traffic.

Pageviews at Wonkette have dipped 24 percent in the last 30 days, according to information collected by Alexa:

The percentage of global Internet users who visited Wonkette during the same period was down 30 percent:

Here’s a graph representing Wonkette‘s traffic rank over the last three months, courtesy of Alexa:

That spike in February coincides with … wait for it … another attack on Sarah Palin written by Jack Stuef, the same blogger who gleefully mocked a toddler with Down syndrome. That’s what Wonkette does when numbers are down.

[TheHawksNest]

I saw that Papa Johns has already pulled out as a Wonkette advertiser. Next step is making sure the conservative blogs and news sites stop sending traffic to these people. They're making a living off of our outrage.

[Gondring]

I’ll make sure Papa Johns knows that’s why I’m ordering from them tonight.

[technonerd]

Is there some way to support the cause without having to eat cardboard pizza?

[Two Kids' Dad]

I’ve been away from internet access for a few days. Can you please enlighten me as to the specifics of the Wonkette attack(s) on Trig? I don’t want to go there and give them any more traffic hits.

Thanks in advance.

[bronxville]

Very interesting information - thanks. I never visit the site but must admit went there today after reading about their foul and disgusting slurs on a little child. It will be my last visit.

[Tex-Con-Man]

She's just copying the Joey Farah/WND birther stories=webhits model.

[Minus_The_Bear]

This is only working because conservatives on Twitter are pushing back.

Advertisers don't want to be associated with this garbage.

Sign up for Twitter if you haven't already.

[dynachrome]

A small sample which I sent to Drudge, Beck and local guys, Peter Boyles, Caplis and Silverman. Other comments were worse

"What’s he dreaming about? Nothing. He’s retarded. Here are a couple of excellent YouTube tributes to the magic intellectually disabled baby, presented by Glenn Beck:"

And: " “Why just celebrate tax day today, April 18th? It’s also Trig Paxson Van Palin’s 3rd birthday. His mom went to a lot of trouble to leak amniotic fluid over 8 states to make sure that he arrived in this world somewhat alive,” writes Wonkette operative “Barbara_i,” reminding us of the occasion. “Sarah went to a whole lot of trouble to name him ‘Van Palin,’ a ‘Van Halen’ reference he will never get.” Indeed.

[TheHawksNest]

The usual mockery of Trig as a "retarded" baby, with classy stuff like this thrown in:

What’s he dreaming about? Nothing. He’s retarded.

[berkley]

I thought the Dems called for “civility” after the Giffords shooting!!!!

[TheHawksNest]

Ditto to what Minus_The_Bear said. The social networking sites, especially Twitter (but also Facebook) are the fastest and most effective way to reach advertisers.

[netmilsmom]

I just went to Papa John’s FB and told them that I don’t like their pizza but will be ordering from them on Saturday because of this.

Thanks for the tip!

[Thank You Rush]

“”I’ll make sure Papa Johns knows that’s why I’m ordering from them tonight.””

Great pizza - ENJOY!!!

[Da Coyote]

The diff between Trig and the Obamaloon is:

I respect Trig.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

"Is there some way to support the cause without having to eat cardboard pizza?"

What do you have against Papa John's pizza?

[SnuffaBolshevik]

Welcome aboard, BTW.