If Conservatives Want A New Media Environment, They’re Going to Have to Listen
MIchael van der Galien got the opportunity to interview Andrew Breitbart who is, without a doubt, the top media mogul on the internet right now. Breitbart helped Matt Drudge run his site, conceived and launched The Huffington Post for Arianna Huffington, then launched Big Hollywood and Big Government, the latter of which turned the world of journalism upside-down in a week (though most journalists don’t realize it yet). It’s a good interview and makes the same point I made in a post last week, though from a slightly different direction.
What conservatives need aren’t more Bob Novaks but more Andrew Breitbarts, Al Regnerys, and a George Soros or two. If conservatives with money would fund places for budding journalists to get their work in front of a decent-sized audience, there would be lots of Bob Novaks, Byron Yorks, Mark Hemingways, Matthew Vadums, and Stacy McCains showing up. Running a web site isn’t the hardest thing in the world to do, but it does take time. There are plenty of folks who could set up and run a site that does original reporting, but they have to have something approaching a credible budget not just to pay for the reporters but also to pay for their own time. It amazes me how much work we on the right get out of part-time and freelance writers but it should not be that way.
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If you fund it, they will come. But there’s no sense whinging about the left-wing slant of the New York Times and the Washington Post so long as well-funded web outlets like The Huffington Post and Media Matters are the biggest dogs on the block. If you want honest, hard-nosed reporting from the right, you’re going to have to break out your wallets (or stop giving your money to losers like Charlie Crist).
Here’s how Michael summarized Breitbart’s mission.
And that’s where Breitbart and his websites come in. To him, there is little or no use in trying to reform existing news outlets from within. The MSM is heavily biased. It won’t cover anything that may hurt the left if it isn’t forced to. Despite its tremendous success, Big Hollywood is and remains ignored by the MSM.
So, there’s only thing conservatives can and should do: create their own news organizations and do their own reporting, opining and analyzing. Instead of complaining about how the ‘cultural elites’ aren’t treating them fairly, Breitbart’s message to conservatives seems to be, do something about it.
Unfortunately, conservatives aren’t listening. They aren’t even trying to listen.
Other Posts of Interest:
- Want Some Real Reporting, Conservatives? You’ll Have to Pay for It.
- Are Blogs Bringing Back Yellow Journalism?
- The Inspectors General Scandal and Real Journalism, Blogger-Style
Category: Conservatism, Oh, THAT liberal media.
Soledad O’Brien is such a phony. In April 2008, Reverend Jeremiah Wright gave a speech in Detroit to the NAACP. One of the things that he said in this speech was that black and white children learn with different parts of their brain, and then gave an "unflattering imitation of the way white pastors speak." Peoples comments were that he gave a racial speech. Soledad O'Brien, on CNN, was quoted as saying, in a gushing manner, that the speech was a "home run" and "really funny." When questioned about the things he said in the speech, she would say things like, what he really meant was …..or what he wanted to say was… Once again she's covering the truth and being racist. Just as with the Henry Gates incident. In an appearance on Anderson Cooper, the night or so before CNN's "The Moment of Truth" she appeared enraged that it was a racial profile against Gates. She said that she got calls from her FRIENDS saying it was all about Gates being black. She went on that show with the purpose, at all costs, to destroy the credibility of the white police officer and throw him under the bus. When Cooper was talking she wanted to make the point that Gates said "Thank You" to the police officers. By mentioning that, she was purposely misrepresenting the truth by playing down Gates' belligerence and racial remarks, which she didn't even mention. Even Gates' attorney and friend, said to the media that he used very strong language. Colon Powell and President Obama both said he should take blame in the incident. I have seen this in many occasions with her, where she doesn't speak the truth and hides the true facts. Another time on Anderson Cooper, Cooper said to O'Brien that Senator John McCain hasn't brought race into the campaign, like he said he wouldn't. You would think her response would have been something like, that's great because he shouldn't. Instead she strongly insinuated that he would, even in the last week of the campaign. Also, her questioning style, in interviews is completely different with a white person than it is with a black person. Like in her interview with Henry Gates in "The Moment of Truth" She just went along with his lies. I have seen several comments on various websites about her racism. There are many other examples I could give of her racial bias, dishonesty and hypocrisy. She seems to consider herself to be black. She mentioned in an interview that her parents made it clear to her “you’re black” and that’s all there is to it.
She’s all about being #1, she wants the world to revolve around her. She comes first, before her family. She wants to be a celebrity figure and a star. In interviews she says she works 6 days a week, mostly out of town, and on some holidays. She goes to gala events, concerts, lots of entertainment events, as a single woman, leaving her husband and kids behind.
I think Soledad O’Brien is a very poor journalist. What ever happened to the days of CNN with Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff? They were honorable journalists. You could believe what they said. John Las Vegas