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There is only one way to take back the media. TV News exists not to inform us, but to make money for the TV stations. Same with radio and newspapers for that matter. Ask Newshooter, he's commented on it several times.
The way to take back the news media is to stop watching, reading, and listening. When their ratings drop, their revenue stream will dry up. Only then can we foster changes in their coverage. Sadly, too many people are passive audiences and not the sophisticated consumer of news products that many of the members here are. My guess is a lot of the forum members hardly watch TV news or read dead tree media and get a lot of their news from unfiltered internet sources.
Sadly, we're the minority.
Gary
Actually I'm not sure boycotting them would work because the anti-gun media is backed by multi-millionaires and billionaires so they would probably still be kept up just like the vpc is kept up by the Joyce foundation.
There are supposed to be somewhere around 80 million gun owners so we should not be in the minority but unfortunately many gun owners just don't realize the severity of consequences that will occur if we lose the RKBA.
Too many of them think it can't happen here.
Millionaires and billionaires aren't going to donate to for profit companies to keep them afloat.
Did we forget about Air(head) America? That went well.
Actually, I think that they invested money expecting a profit. Then they diverted money from at least one charity. I don't remember the details about that.
Then again, is AA even still on the air?
Gary
The media is about making money. Millionaires and billionaires aren't going to donate to for profit companies to keep them afloat. Market forces are what drive the media. Look to see what Newshooter has written in threads about TV news on this forum. He was in the business for a long time and understands what makes them tick far better than I do.
Gary
It should be available somewhere on the NRA website.I would love to get my hands on that list. Is it available online? I'll print it and put in the coat pocket. I'll take a peek at it before any purchases.
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**FOUND IT**
http://www.nrablacklist.com/
They would not support all of them but remember alot of the places that advertise are anti-gun and many people will still buy from them.
It should be available somewhere on the NRA website.
Did anyone happen to notice that in all the hysteria, they only mentioned TWO guns total that wound up used in a crime? Out of the thousands they were referring to?
all they kept saying is that they COULD... Hell, my Subaru COULD explode, but it's pretty damn unlikely.
Fair and balanced, my ass.
Once again the media was more interested in hype than facts. For the record, I spent nearly a half hour with Fox tearing apart Rosenthal's entire argument. As usual, they aren't interested in the facts, just "good" TV.
One thing is clear from this story though, the government agencies are now actually admitting that no one outside of government should be allowed to have a firearm!
They are only profitable because people buy their products and most people aren't that involved in 2A issues. If enough people didn't watch the news then the commercials wouldn't be worth producing and the sponsors would stop spending their money.
Gary