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Thu Apr 18, 2013, 12:48 PM Apr 2013

You know why this new "conservative" news outlet is called "Rare?"

Because it sure isn't well done.

Cox Media Group Launches "Rare," Another Megaphone In The Conservative Noise Machine

In a piece for The Atlantic on how conservative media "failed the rank and file" with their coverage in the run-up to Mitt Romney's resounding loss last November, Conor Friedersdorf observed that "a lot of cynical people have gotten rich broadcasting and publishing red meat for movement conservative consumption."

To wit, this week Cox Media Group has launched Rare, a new website which endorser Ted Nugent promises "will guarantee the red meat is delivered how real conservatives like it -- rare." Cox owns several daily newspapers including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, almost twenty TV stations, 87 radio stations, and boasted a 2012 revenue of nearly $2 billion. Rare will represent Cox's "first national news product."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/18/cox-media-group-launches-rare-another-megaphone/193681

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You know why this new "conservative" news outlet is called "Rare?" (Original Post) Archae Apr 2013 OP
It's rare that they tell the truth about anything. LuvNewcastle Apr 2013 #1
+1--beat me to that one! n/t librechik Apr 2013 #3
Endorsed by Ted Nugent! An expert on shit! pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #2
Here's one of their "star reporters" Archae Apr 2013 #4
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