[all the best]

Conservatives would be wise, therefore, to stop whining about the liberal media and start getting in line to replace it – because its days are decidedly numbered.

Amen.

[fish hawk]

Maybe in the far far future IF it is taken back by force.

[nmh]

I’ve seen some H.R. out there on bailing them out!

I kid you not.

[J40000]

"Doomed... doomed, I tell ya... we'll never make it..."

[4rcane]

too much wishful thinking. I’ve been hearing about dinosaur media for years and they’re still kicking

[HarleyD]

This assumes there won’t be attempts at silencing the conservatives. As we know, there are several movements to do just that. I’m not sure it will work but they will try.

[wintertime]

But conservatives should stop fretting. The liberal media is doomed.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I’ve been reading this for years. They never seem to die though.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"not with a bang but a whimper..."

[DGHoodini]

The Mainstream Media just ain’t who they used to be
ain’t who they used to be, ain’t who they used to be..

The fact that gets to me the most, is how tyhe LibMedia allways talking and acting like they are the voice of the young turks of future power....but most of that key grapic has been deserting them and theis Libcrap lie programs at an increasing rate..and guess whose audience numbers are growing for, in that demographic?...It ain’t Crap Matthews & OlberButtmunchs!

[frankenMonkey]

I agree with the wishful thinking sentiment.
Barack is their greatest achievement to date.
His is a total creation of the MSM.
The MSM control the talking points, the agenda, and the content.

[okie01]

They decide to study journalism in college because they are idealistic and are intrigued by the notion of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. They dream of filing Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reports that do just that.

Aspiring journalists also study journalism for another, more practical, reason.

The J-school curriculum is known to be the easiest at most college campuses. As a consequence, it attracts those students with the lowest SAT and ACT scores.

Fact.

[the invisib1e hand]

Relax, Conservatives: Liberal Media is Doomed

Because the SRM has taken its place?

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

These institutions are dying – to be replaced by a more independent, entrepreneurial, small-d democratic model of journalism that is already emerging.

Moveon.org, Democrat Underground and the Huffington Post?

[Kansas58]

How about we get someone in Congress to propose a TAX!

A TAX on NEWSPRINT!

Whereas the production of newspapers causes trees to be cut down, hauled by polluting trucks to polluting paper mills, and hauled from paper mills to publishers and

Whereas the production of newspapers requires toxic ink and solvents and energy wasting machinery and

Whereas the distribution of newspapers requires the use of dirty internal combustion engines and

Whereas a large portion of every landfill is used for discarded newspapers,

Therefore:

Be it resolved that a Newsprint tax, of $1,000.00 per pound, be charged to EVERY newspaper with a daily subscription, within the United States!
________________________________________
We should get some Republican to propose THIS as an amendment to any “cap and trade” or “carbon tax” proposal that comes up!
Maybe we can make it like “Cap and Trade” and use the revenue generated, from this tax on dirty dinosaur newspapers, to subsidize a tax credit for home computers and digital devices?
Or, we could use the money to subsidize talk radio! Well, those guys really don’t need any help!

[bray]

Day Old News is getting Stale.

Pray for America and Our Troops

[LiberConservative]

I’m not celebrating yet. One last gasp of the “Fairness Doctrine” is looming.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Next week I start two classes to learn how to build websites, so I may just become one of the innumerable new sources of information coming from a conservative perspective.

We’ll always be held to a higher standard than our liberal counterparts, but that’ll only serve as an additional impetus to get our facts straight and report the verifiable truth to any and all who’ll pay attention to it.

I’d encourage other FReepers to expand your bases of knowledge in all forms of communication so that we can be a stronger voice in the future.

[ForGod'sSake]

The overriding problem as I see it, and the author does take a swipe at it, has more to do with the mindset of libtards vs conservatives. Libtards are essentially spoiled brats that want to change the world to their liking, whereas conservatives generally are willing to take on the world as it comes. Conservatives therefore don't have the same drive to push their "agenda" on others. This of course leaves conservatives at a distinct disadvantage in any war of words. Conservatives want to go about their responsibility of providing for themselves and their families without incessant busybody libtards telling them how it should be done. Conservatives generally expect the same from others.

The Sean Hannitys of the world are not going to be taken seriously as journalists.

I'm not so sure the author has is right here; in fact his assertion may be counter productive. I'll submit that "news" from a conservative perspective is a bit prosaic and not something the average prole would get excited about reading or watching. In broadcast media FoxNews has done very well capturing conservatives who want to stay somewhat informed along with a few fence straddlers. Even so, 4 - 5 million viewers on a good night barely scratches the surface.

But conservatives who know how to report news, source information and present it in a timely fashion are already getting their chance, and will soon get it all the more so.

This may be where the rest of the story should go. I think people invariably would prefer to be entertained along with their ration of red meat. It's only been within the past year or so I have become a big fan of Glenn Beck. I would watch him if I was around the teevee and happened to think about him. Then I began to make mental notes to myself to try to watch. I now have an alarm set on my phone to alert me 15 minutes before he comes on so that if I'm not around a teevee, to find one since I don't have Tivo or a DVR - yet. It may come to that. Although I used to think he was a bit goofy, Glenn is as much an entertainer as he is a political commentator. He is just damn fun to watch!

So, the point(if there is one) is, it may serve even conservative pundits well to consider when the lights come on not so much as "it's news time", but "it's SHOWTIME"! Oddly enough I heard Glenn say as much on O'Reilly's show a few nights ago.

[MortMan]

The lib media is nosferatu. They will die only when forced, with stakes, garlic, holy water, and beheading.

To assume otherwise is to adopt the Start Trek red-shirt attitude.