Without a free and thriving press there is no America!/FOX Rocks, CNN Dumps as the Internet Pumps

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Without a free and thriving press there is no America!

FOX Rocks, CNN Dumps as the Internet Pumps

 By Dave Macy  Thursday, December 30, 2010

FOX
News scored again with the top rated cable tv shows, outpacing MSNBC
and CNN by a country mile. But before you think this is where America
gets its information, think again.

What is the reality of FOX News top rated shows? In a nation of 308
million people the top rated the O’Reilly Factor draws 3 million
plus­less than one percent of the population. Rush Limbaugh boasts over
20 million listeners during an average week, around 7 percent. While the
numbers for FOX TV and shows like Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, and Beck are
more than respectable, often they share the same audience. Perhaps their
true impact is felt beyond the airwaves in places like blogs and
websites­and more importantly in the halls of congress and, yes, even the
White
House.

While
President
Obama claims he doesn’t pay attention for FOX or talk radio (yet
finds time to condemn both) the fact is his advisers are keyed in to
every broadcast to take the temperature of the opposition. Senators and
Representatives have staff members dedicated to culling TV and radio
shows for the express purpose of forming and directing legislation, or
finding ways to spin and oppose the “enemy”.

However, the truest influence on the electorate, while it may have its
impetus with conservative broadcasts, is really coming from websites and
bloggers. And the present administration knows that this unfettered
information has a life of its own and is partly responsible for the
incredible growth and impact of the Tea Party. Why wouldn’t you want to
try to control the Internet! After all, conservative writers have been
able to reflect the passion of much of the nation, and resonate with
those angry at politicians who simply refuse to represent them.

Not to downplay the influence of FOX or talk icons like Limbaugh, but
their real influence is felt in the news they make beyond their
respective programs. Thousands of journalists, opinionated writers, and
web sites which give vent to real Americans and their real concern for
truth are making far greater inroads in helping to shape public
opinion­without news being filtered by an old guard media bent on being
advocates for every liberal agenda.

Internet news sources like Canada Free Press, Lucianne, CNSNews,
Townhall, Drudge and many others have changed the game.  The old
media is losing influence faster than Obama is losing approval points.
Bloggers such as Doug Giles, Andrew Breitbart, Killer Cults, and hundreds
more combine to give voice to the real majority of Americans who no
longer wait for the ‘alphabets’ daily dish of leftist
propaganda.

The byline of Canada Free Press is “because without America there is no
free world”. Without a free and thriving press there is no America!




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