Posted on 12/29/2009 7:19:47 AM PST by abb
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-predictions28-2009dec28,0,3539110,full.story
2010 predictions: Another turbulent year ahead for media
“For propaganda to be valuable, someone has to read it.”
They have a whole team of editors and writers who appear regularly on cable and network TV, all singing in harmony with White House spokesmen. Communication goes well beyond the printed word.
Ultra-rich conservatives should aim to take over these publications. Our side should buy Newsweek. Even better would be to buy the New York Times. We should buy them all. Make them profitable. Co-opt the lofty brand names of the left, which pretend to be mainstream authority. Capturing the NY TImes would be like capturing a fort or an air base. If Fox News is any measure, they could, under the right management, be successful. And to many of the brain dead Americans out there, it would still retain its brand equity. It would still be THE New York Times. Newsweek would continue to be ubiquitous in waiting rooms across the country. Our side should buy entertainment magazines as well. Imagine if people were conservative-owned and operated. You would still fill it full of petty celeb gossip. But that would just be the bait. The disguise. Hidden within each issue, cunningly interwoven with the celeb news and pictures, would be subtle conservative messages, humor, attitudes, presented without comment, as if it’s simply a part of the pop culture zeitgeist. In this way, you de-program, counter-program the weak minded.
people = People Magazine
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