[1010RD]

In a more civilized time, the mass media was an important watchdog, holding all politicians to the same standard.

You're in a fantasy. The good old days never were. The media has always existed as a mouthpiece for the political perspective of its owner.

If conservatives want to do better and get their ideas out there engage the media. Write articles, produce exposes and documentaries, and own media outlets.

Ideally, you need to end teacher's unions and government schooling, but that's been rejected so far.

[Tigerized]

“You’re in a fantasy. The good old days never were.”

Negative.

Up until the term “activist journalism” was coined and accepted around the time of Woodward and Bernstein, objectivity WAS the holy grail of true journalists. True, yellow journalism has been with us forever to some degree, but the public acceptance of outright propaganda has never been greater.

“If conservatives want to do better and get their ideas out there engage the media.”

I co-authored “Pursuing Liberty”, which profiles the true experiences and perspectives of eight legal immigrants who have all fled to the US to escape tyranny and oppression in their home countries.

A small blow for liberty, perhaps, but I’ve got no plans to stop writing pro-freedom tracts.

[lentulusgracchus]

The media has always existed as a mouthpiece for the political perspective of its owner.

The old status quo was, Republican editors and Democrat writers (thus e.g. the Chicago Trib). Sometime in the 50's, the Communists took over both.