Posted on 07/05/2011 11:42:53 AM PDT by StarCMC
[The riveting sequel to 'The Vast Right Wing Complacency']
by Joe Dan Gorman
OMG! Did you see what Obama did today? said the tweeting, yet feverishly over-facebooked conservative copy & paster.
Uh, yes I did because you are the 137th conservative Facebooker/Twitter-er on my friends list that posted it .today
in the past hour.
Conservatives are to the news what Imelda Marcos was to shoes We cant get enough. The more we get, the more we want.
This is why conservatives lost the media to the libs in the first place. Dont get me wrong, the news is extraordinarily important, however, the news is but a small portion of the very important and very LARGE media pie. But history is proving that as long as we (conservatives) have our little slice of this pie (AM radio and Fox News) were happy as clams and couldnt possibly care less about the Entertainment Media, aka The Primetime Media, aka the single largest & regularly-occurring voluntary-congregation of people on the planet .. and therein lies the problem.
And its a BIG problem.
The news, for the most part is related to events that have already happened. On the flip-side (or the conservative blind-side as it should be called), its the entertainment media that creates public perceptions that absolutely affect future events Its the entertainment media that accompanies Americans in their leisure time, its the entertainment media that is associated with fun and its the entertainment media that Americans hang out with on the weekends. Hell, they go to the friggin beach together!
Its also the entertainment media that generates agenda-driven false-realities from global warming hysteria and evil capitalism to the Martin Luther-izing of gays in society..
Perception is Reality
For example, take the media created illusion that over 10% of Americans are gay. The average American knows more gay TV characters, than real life gay people. Despite their best efforts to portray gay as representative of 10-25% of the population, the total number of gays is closer to 2% [The University of Chicagos National Opinion Research Center, which has been conducting scientifically designed surveys on homosexuality for close to 30 years far longer than the U.S. Census Bureau] (hat-tip to Ben Shapiro)
And it is the entertainment media that shaped and conditioned an entire generation of voters to welcome a Marxist into the White House.
We have been Alinsky-ed.
It would be comical, if it werent so serious. We as conservatives laugh at liberals for their sheep mentality, and we regularly curse at the media for their in plain sight liberal bias as we wait patiently for whats coming on next.
Bring the popcorn, Ethel!
We are supposed to be the smart ones, but sadly, when looking for solutions to this obvious and serious freedom threatening problem, we conservatives are like the drunk guy looking for his car keys under the street light, rather than looking where he actually lost them because the light is better.
Ben Shapiro, author of the awesome and highly recommended book Primetime Propaganda, accurately pointed out, Conservatives think of themselves as rational and Liberals as emotional. But how rational IS it to ignore emotion? Some of our biggest life decisions are based on emotion we get married because of emotion, we get divorced because of emotion. and we buy our homes largely based on emotion.
The entertainment media is SO far gone, the best we can hope for is a semi-level playing field sometime down the road. But this wont happen until we STOP being unwitting and apathetic accomplices.
Because it CERTAINLY does not help matters that so many conservatives are unconsciously feeding the beast. When conservatives opt to watch programming like Two and a Half Men theyre making liberals rich and driving more and more advertising dollars to liberal causes, agendas and candidates.
We have lost complete control. We conservatives, dont even have a platform to put forth our reasoned and rational arguments that counter the absurd left-wing socialista propaganda that they use to globally-marinade our children. As a result, their emotion-soaked agenda- driven claims are accepted as fact by our youth and WE are the lunatics when we express disagreement.
And do not think for one minute that the entertainment media does not feed and feed off of our government education system. [Heather has 2 Mommies? "Don't be late to class, we're watching Al Gore's movie!"]
But how do we counter MTV? Nickelodeon? Disney? With AM radio and Fox News? Yeah right, kids much prefer Bill OReilly over Sponge Bob.
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Another great example of the conservative entertainment black hole just took place, ala 2008 Palinwhen ultra-liberal Tom Petty threw a hissy fit because Michelle Bachmann was using one of his songs. [Petty was quoted as saying, "Shee uh, semi-duh doh, schmeckee Obama doo doo mank--aight?"] IF you recall, in 2008, Nancy a whole-lotta- has-been Wilson of the band Heart threw her own liberal tantrum when Sarah Palin was using her song Barracuda. [this one could have been settled if we had only had some fish-sticks] Anyway, the point is this When our conservative leaders dont know where to turn for quality conservative music & entertainment, then its safe to say that nobody does.
The truth is that there ARE absolutely GREAT conservative writers, actors, musicians, comics but there is no conventional means for these talented folks to be seen or heard. And sadly todays trained conservative looks no further for their entertainment than the typical Liberal sources .ABC, CBS, SNL, NBC, on and on Why? Because Libs have conditioned us to do so.
Conservative programming has a track-record similar to that of Wylie Coyote verses The Road Runner. There have been countless new conservative entertainment ventures popping up, some more prominently than others .but it seems nearly all have been pre-destined to doom. This can unarguably be traced to two specific causes: (1) blocked access to conventional mainstream entertainment venues aka Political Discrimination, and (2) the lack of the funding necessary to circumvent this monumental obstacle.
THE NEW INTERACTIVE MEDIA Conservatives need to be untrained from their Pavlovian attraction to television. The internet IS the future of TV, and conservatives can get a leg up on this new media. The time has come to accept your computer as a primary source of entertainment (or you can wait until the liberals dictate it).
It is also important to note that conservative viewers need to watch with an unconventional eye understand that conservative entertainers cannot compete with their liberal counterparts with regard to glitzy sets, unlimited budgets and the Hollywood fan-fare. But with regard to talent, these conservative artists will go toe to toe with any of em.
SUPPORTING THE NEW MEDIA It doesnt take a million dollar budget to make people laugh or to make people want to dance and sing along to a good song. But success DOES require exposure and exposure requires money.
Even if youre broke, you can support by watching! One very effective way for a show to secure financing is through its numbers. Every person that watches, shares and subscribes to the show is helping to increase the chances of outside funding.
If you really like the show, and you are in a position to do so, create a direct association with it. Inquire about becoming an Executive Producer and be in the credits Executive Producers are people who help finance, but dont have creative voice.
And while there is no quick fix to a task that is undoubtedly monumental wed best get started. But rather than start with a network, lets start with a show.
the IN word [cue the theme music please] How about THAT for a name? Without any reference to politics, yet liberal heads will explode, lol. Double delicious! A late night music and comedy show featuring Liberal Free Arts, where each week you are introduced to at least one new conservative musical artist And these artists are top-notch talents that have been heavily scrutinizedbecause just being conservative does not make you good.
the IN word is PC defying fun (just ask my aunt). The show, only weeks old and still in its infancy, is co-hosted by the lovely Sonja Schmidt of PJTV. Sonja is a talented writer/actress/author, a Hollywood veteran and a damn brave lady. As a black conservative woman in Hollywood, Sonja gets a special kind of hate from the Hollywood lefties. Sonjas resume includes In Living Color, The Arsenio Hall Show & Disney.
Sonjas co-host could not be more of her polar-opposite, a white guy from the hills of Kentucky, the hillbilly heart-throb himself .me. LOL
While the show is not centered around the days news and politics, we absolutely do face-punch liberal-defined stereotypes & social decorum with a smile. And we recommend that all show complaints be sent directly to the Rev. Al Sharpton.
In our 4 short weeks, aside from some awesome non-household name conservative artists like Toots Sweet, Michael Riser, Neal Fox and Nate Smoove, weve also had guests that you DO know, like Victoria Jackson, Ben Shapiro, Alfonzo Rachel & Ellen Karis.
The IN Word is FREE to you via UStreamTV. Its a webcast, so you watch from your computer. During the live show, theres a chat room, and it has become quite the online party, so come on in. And even if by some unfortunate genetic happenstance you dont care for Sonja and me, you will absolutely love our guests.
the IN word is a low-budget, high octane show and the viewers that have seen itcome back.
So give us a chance Watch one of our shows. And we dont mind you checking us out because were conservativebut we want you to come back because were good.
If you like the show make an effort to come back. Share us with your friends (facebook, twitter, email, etc.). If you cant watch us LIVE on Wednesdays at 11PM ET, you can always catch a replay at your convenience. If you would like to run advertising or sponsor us, contact us. Without support, financial and otherwise well just be another conservative domino falling into the dustbin of failed conservative media ventures.
OH And if there is a better conservative entertainment show out there, tell us about it. Tell your friends about it. Whether its us, or someone else, its time to get off our butts that is, if we really ARE the smart ones.
On the other hand, we can continue to ignore the importance of the entertainment media, and we are simply delaying the inevitable, Comrade.
Hmmm, this is all good and well but I gotta go check Drudge.
Joe Dan Gorman is a multi-media producer and co-host of the IN word with PJTVs Sonja Schmidt. Read Part 1 of The Vast Right Wing Complacency
Add Tom Petty to the list of lesbian looking old men.
I see he not only provided the voice for Lucky on King of the Hill, he also provided the look. Does he have broken, rotten teeth?
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That is very well put. Even on Free Republic, in my opinion, people pay too much attention to the latest outrage from Bill Maher or Jon Stewart or [fill-in-the-blank].
Did Bill Maher call Sarah Palin a disgusting name? Who cares? That just elevates Maher (or anyone of his kind) to someone who matters.
Nope. Just a broken, rotten career.
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He looks so gay.
Conservatives who are only weakly grounded to principles get caught up in “what’s popular” and politically in out-right populist causes that just seem to be about bashing an icon they don’t like, presented in the form of some new icon - like Trump - who they think is “on their side”. The drivers of populist causes are never on the true Conservative’s side but are trying to draw the weak Conservative to their side.
Fox News is no better at working in favor of weak Conservative’s descent into populist politics and in fact its business model depends, in part, on the ability of its Conservative stable of commentators to do just that. I’m glad Rush is not part of that.
You would lay him off on lesbians?!? SHAME on you!
Just finished watching the show...I Like It!
Agreed. Whenever I hear O’Reilly or Hannity or whoever say something like, “you won’t believe this next story...” that’s my cue to change the channel or go do something productive.
ROFLOL!!!! No kidding!
It’s good stuff! There’s a new show every Wednesday night.
This reminds me — I haven’t checked Digg or reddit recently!
Thank you for posting this. This article expresses all the concerns I have had for some time. I just haven’t known how to redirect. I am glad for a suggestion. I will check this out. In the mean time, I would be glad for other suggestions too, if there is a thread forming on this subject of undermining the progressive entertainment industry and steps to do that, please put me on the list. I am one who will do these things.
Just to illustrate to my children what I have been teaching them about media indoctrination, we turned on “the view” for approximately 1 min. during an intro. to a Lady Gaga segment. In just that one min. I was able to show my children about 10 things actively done to undermine home, family, and conservative principles. They were shocked. And I pointed out that this type of subtle “brain-training” goes on constantly with every minute the TV is watched. They were blown away. It was a good lesson. I plan to keep it up.
I can give you a GREAT suggestion - have you ever checked out Big Dawg Media? AWESOME conservative musicians in various genres - I totally love the site and have purchased several songs from musicians there.
http://www.bigdawgmusicmafia.com/
BWAAAHAHAHAHAAAA!
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