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Filius Nullius Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-05 03:11 PM
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Counterpoint to Fox News Needed
Democrats need a television news outlet for their views. We need a major channel masquerading as part of the so-called "mainstream media," a la Fox News. I wish that a wealthy Democrat or group of Democrats would create or purchase a news channel that could serve as a counterpoint to Fox. That channel has been successfully dragging the political discussion in this country inexorably to the right for years now. Something is needed to give the public a means of hearing the truth on issues of electoral fraud, alternative energy, the environment, the War in Iraq, homeland security, etc. Air American is useful, but more is required. If only George Soros and/or other wealthy Dems would organize a consortium to put up a major broadcast/cable news outlet to counterbalance the conservatives and thereby give this country a chance of having some really "fair and balanced" news.
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Tace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-05 03:19 PM
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1. World News Trust Is An Initiative By A Group Of DU'ers
to setup a text and image news wire service, radio network and TV network. It's not meant to be a leftist news outlet, but rather a non-partisan progressive outlet. We're just getting rolling. You are welcome to join the project. See: WorldNewsTrust.org

We just set up a groupware program for a collaborative workspace. I'll be registering project participants to the site this week. If you're interested in helping out in any way, please register at the WorldNewsTrust.org site. I'll contact you with info on the collaborative workspace. Cheers.
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Filius Nullius Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-05 03:31 PM
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3. Non-partisan progressive outlet
Another Web site is good, but we also need a broadcast and/or cable channel that invariably fakes up the middle but always runs left, the mirror-image of Fox. It will require a ton of money to pull off something like that.
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Griffy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-05 03:22 PM
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2. I'm going to this.. Media Reform Conference... this is what we all need!
New media.. based on truth and designed to serve the people!

http://www.freepress.net/conference

I hope to report from the show...
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