Don't like the MSM??? Stop supporting them.

[Moebedda]

We all know how the MSM(main stream media) doesn't like Ron Paul, his ideals our our ideals. So stop supporting them. Stop watching them. Don't visit their websites. This goes for conservative talk radio too. And spread the word that they cannot be trusted to your friends and family. Give them examples.

Speculation is BS anyway. We all saw what happened in Iowa. We all got fired up on speculation and then let down. We need an independent website that can track current actual results, but I see zero reason to support these clowns if they want to continue to distort the truth.

Hit them where it hurts.

[wgadget]

As I said in a previous thread: More Pandora, less talk radio.

Screw em.

Actually, I had a colleague at work who told me that he used to listen to Rush, Hannity, etc., and noticed that it was literally bad for his health. He then started listening to the classical music station exclusively and says that he feels MUCH better. He recommended I do the same. This is the time. And the benefits are multiple: better health, less $$$ to the media scoundrels.

[Dr.3D]

So the campaigns give them tons of money trying to dispel the lies the media spews. It's like being stuck between a rock and a hard spot.

The more the media lies, the more money they make from campaign ads.

[Moebedda]

Imagine the ratings dive if we ALL stopped watching them. The less viewers/listeners they have the less power/influence they have. This is so simple. We just need to convince a lot of people to do it.

[2_Thumbs_Up]

We can't stop watching them because we need to catch their lies. Stop supporting their sponsors however, that would hurt.

[Moebedda]

We don't need to catch their lies. This is part of their conditioning. Turn it off for a week and see how you feel. I canceled my cable and don't miss it for a minute. I turned off hannity and rush and don't miss them at all. I am in a better mood, in better health and am thinking clearer than ever.

[The Free Hornet]

We don't need to catch their lies. This is part of their conditioning. Turn it off for a week and see how you feel. I canceled my cable and don't miss it for a minute. I turned off hannity and rush and don't miss them at all. I am in a better mood, in better health and am thinking clearer than ever.

+1 Those are the magic words. Cancel your cable or dish. I'd rather pay for a backup ISP than have cable or dish (the smart phone has independent internet access). You can adapt without these and a lot of other stuff can be bought a la carte. First run network shows are streamed off of many networks too.

Since I am like a broken record asking people to cancel their cable or dish, I would like to ask,

If you haven't canceled your cable or dish, why not? Post your reason and maybe a solution can be posted to solve that problem.

The MSM gets half their money from subscription fees. These fees stop when you cancel your service.



We can't stop watching them because we need to catch their lies. Stop supporting their sponsors however, that would hurt.

It is harder for me to hurt the sponsors. I'm not buying their crap the way I was sending $30-$40 to the Dish company once a month. Also, if enough are watching, the lies will be caught. If enought aren't watching, the lies won't matter.

[LiveForHonortune]

To be fair, fox news has lost quite a bit of ratings... Look it up.

Old billy goat can't claim to beat the daily show in ratings anymore LOL

[RonPaulCult]

You won't hurt their ratings unless you are being surveyed by Nielsen or the others who determine ratings (and advertising costs). So feel free to watch and listen if you want, they have no way of knowing your eyeballs are there (or missing).

Now websites! That's one way in which they do make money directly from us. If you post a link to a video, try to find it on youtube or somewhere else rather than posting a link directly to CNN or Fox News. For if you send people to their website to watch a video, they will play an ad for everybody and they will make money.

[cdc482]

We all know how the MSM(main stream media) doesn't like Ron Paul, his ideals our our ideals. So stop supporting them. Stop watching them. Don't visit their websites. This goes for conservative talk radio too. And spread the word that they cannot be trusted to your friends and family. Give them examples.

Speculation is BS anyway. We all saw what happened in Iowa. We all got fired up on speculation and then let down. We need an independent website that can track current actual results, but I see zero reason to support these clowns if they want to continue to distort the truth.

Hit them where it hurts.

YES!

[Erazmus]

I don't watch broadcast television. I still watch movies, and specific shows on DVD (very few). Every time a coworker says to me, "Did you see the stupid thing O'reilly said last night?" I keep telling him, "I don't watch TV!" I don't miss it, and my life is so much better without it. It actually makes the propaganda so much easier to pinpoint when you're not barraged with it all the time.

My only exposure to the MSM is what people post and link to here on YouTube. And most of those are infuriating enough.

[UK4Paul]

I haven't purchased a FOX product (unless second hand) since their disgraceful treatment of Paul in 2008.

It's a shame FOX made 24... but then, thankfully that's what Ebay is for. :)

I will also never be signing up for Fox owned SKY here in the UK.

[UK4Paul]

We can't stop watching them because we need to catch their lies. Stop supporting their sponsors however, that would hurt.

Only one person needs to do that. For everyone else, there's the TOOBS.

After all, thats what the Internet is. A series of TOOBS.

[xFiFtyOnE]

If you haven't canceled your cable or dish, why not? Post your reason and maybe a solution can be posted to solve that problem.



I'm not canceling my cable. I have no other options for internet besides satellite or DSL and they both are horrible compared to what I have now. Me an my wife are both gamers....I need the speed!

[scrosnoe]

We don't need to catch their lies. This is part of their conditioning. Turn it off for a week and see how you feel. I canceled my cable and don't miss it for a minute. I turned off hannity and rush and don't miss them at all. I am in a better mood, in better health and am thinking clearer than ever.

^^^^^ THIS!

Welcome aboard @Moebedda and +rep

[Kluge]

I wonder how TV service providers would deal with customers threatening to cancel if a network wasn't removed.

[smtwngrl]

I think we really have to do more than not watch. I rarely watch any of these stations now.

I think we have to destroy the trust of the average person in the media. People will watch less when they don't know if they can trust what they are hearing.

And perhaps when they begin to watch less, it will create a market for a channel which will be committed to the truth.

I think a start could be to spread some information widely....through email forwards. One obvious thing is the info about the Fox News case that resulted in a court ruling saying the media doesn't have to tell the truth. They can say whatever they want.

[Erazmus]

There is only one beacon of light on Fox, that’s Andrew Napolitano’s Freedom Watch. I watch it on Youtube when I can.

[kuckfeynes]

I haven't owned a TV since 2004.
It is a shame that it's so difficult to purchase quality cable internet without a TV package.
If that monopoly could ever be brought down, I truly believe it will spell the end for the MSM.

[BucksforPaul]

I cancelled my cable back in 2007 when the corporate media did the same thing to Dr. Paul.

[Veritas Vos Liberabit]

I wish I had cable T.V. so I could cancel it.

As far as websites go, if you use the Chrome browser, there is an extension I use called Murdoch Block that warns you each time you click on a link to a website that is owned by News Corp. It can be found here https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moepiacmhnmbiilhpojodnaopndhddpg

[Fetou]

I've been talking about this with everybody at my university without talking about Paul. Things like media companies lobbying for SOPA and the pathetically dumbed-down media political process along with constantly improving alternative options on Internet/mobile are making it easy to get some resentment going. Hopefully young people won't buy into cable packages when they start new households/families, but I'm not too hopeful.

[Tina]

The best thing is to write the sponsors of their show and let them know you will boycott their products. And do it! Don't buy from any company that sponsors their propaganda.

[Tina]

You can make stickers and go into a store and stick it on the isle. Boycott so and so, they sponsor endless war, or whatever you want on your sticker.

[Erazmus]

The best thing is to write the sponsors of their show and let them know you will boycott their products. And do it! Don't buy from any company that sponsors their propaganda.

I'd have to watch TV to know who the sponsors are. :/

[Tina]

Boycott's are more effective than turning off the TV. Boycott's really do work.

[Erazmus]

Boycott's are more effective than turning off the TV. Boycott's really do work.

I'm pretty sure sponsors only advertise on stations that have viewers.

[Tina]

I'm pretty sure sponsors only advertise on stations that have viewers.

You seem to be missing the point. Not sure if that's intentional or not. Also, you can find out their sponsors by doing a search, you don't have to watch the station.

[vechorik]

SUPPORT Judge Andrew Napolitano by recording his TV program EVERY time -- counts as a watch for him to boost ratings.

[Erazmus]

You seem to be missing the point. Not sure if that's intentional or not. Also, you can find out their sponsors by doing a search, you don't have to watch the station.

:) I'm only slightly messing with you. Boycotting does work, but so does a decline in ratings. Both are effective methods, and neither should be outright denied. I just refuse to watch TV. I don't buy too many mainstream products either. I buy local and organic.

[Steve-in-NY]

I didnt cancel my TV, I just blocked CNN, FOX, and MSNBC.

Its become clear that those "news" channels are either terribly inept at their job, or have an agenda - either reason is enough to not watch them anymore.

It took me 5 seconds to filter them. Good riddance.

[Greg Buchanan]

We ought to pick the worst offending mainstream channel and boycott it, and pick the least offending mainstream channel and favor it.

Some solid research will be needed to reach broad consensus.

[Erazmus]

We ought to pick the worst offending mainstream channel and boycott it, and pick the least offending mainstream channel and favor it.

Some solid research will be needed to reach broad consensus.

Is there a "least offending mainstream channel?" CNN has got to be the worst.

[MikeStanart]

I use this site and Drudge exclusively for my news and commentary.

Drudge - News / whats going on

You guys = commentary

[Tina]

:) I'm only slightly messing with you. Boycotting does work, but so does a decline in ratings. Both are effective methods, and neither should be outright denied. I just refuse to watch TV. I don't buy too many mainstream products either. I buy local and organic.

Ah, I thought that might be the case. :) I didn't think the viewership could really be known, but I guess they can tell with the boxes everyone has now. I also buy almost exclusively local, including grassfed meat, soap ect, and grow my own herbs and veggies, so I'm with you there. Everyone should buy from their local food co-op, and local stores, but I think many don't realize that's an option. The food co-ops are cropping up everywhere now, even in very small towns.

[Tina]

I didnt cancel my TV, I just blocked CNN, FOX, and MSNBC.

Its become clear that those "news" channels are either terribly inept at their job, or have an agenda - either reason is enough to not watch them anymore.

It took me 5 seconds to filter them. Good riddance.

I'm wondering if you could request from your satellite or cable that those stations be removed, and leave the ones that you want. That would be a statement to the news channels.

[lbadragan]

I cancelled my ATT Uverse TV package 2 months ago and have alot more time on my hands. And money too! I'm saving about $90/mo, $1,080/year so why not donate some more to Ron Paul?

Amount: $100.00
Transaction ID: 330698413
Transaction date/time: 2012-01-06 21:57:06

:)

[Erazmus]

I cancelled my ATT Uverse TV package 2 months ago and have alot more time on my hands. And money too! I'm saving about $90/mo, $1,080/year so why not donate some more to Ron Paul?

Amount: $100.00
Transaction ID: 330698413
Transaction date/time: 2012-01-06 21:57:06

:)

+rep!

[craezie]

I don't have tv anymore, and don't miss it AT ALL!

I don't buy anything mainstream anymore, though. All local, organic, small companies. Get out of the Targets and Kroger, and you find its easier than you think. Especially if it is made by Monsanto, Dupont, Proctor & Gamble or any of the other big players that screw our country over.

Except Finish Powerballs, they are my one guilty pleasure.

[AllAboard]

I have a question: Is the MSM interviews helping Paul? Should Paul boycott MSM too?

Would it take away meaningful exposure? Seems like the interviewers put the interviews in any context they want to and negate any positive exposure that may result. Maybe he should spend less time with MSM and more time at rallies, with exposure set up locally through grassroots support. Just a thought.

Also in my opinion, if we boycotted the MSM it really would not make a difference in terms of ratings. I do it to save my sanity most times. I get furious when I watch -- so I don't.

[Giuliani was there on 911]

It makes no difference if we stop watching them. There are 300 million people who're still going to. We need to find a way to get them off the air. The media is solely responsible for the destruction of this country.

[heavenlyboy34]

+1 Those are the magic words. Cancel your cable or dish. I'd rather pay for a backup ISP than have cable or dish (the smart phone has independent internet access). You can adapt without these and a lot of other stuff can be bought a la carte. First run network shows are streamed off of many networks too.

Since I am like a broken record asking people to cancel their cable or dish, I would like to ask,

If you haven't canceled your cable or dish, why not? Post your reason and maybe a solution can be posted to solve that problem.

The MSM gets half their money from subscription fees. These fees stop when you cancel your service.




It is harder for me to hurt the sponsors. I'm not buying their crap the way I was sending $30-$40 to the Dish company once a month. Also, if enough are watching, the lies will be caught. If enought aren't watching, the lies won't matter.
I don't even own a TV. :D Boob tubes are for boobs. ;)

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

I cancelled my ATT Uverse TV package 2 months ago and have alot more time on my hands. And money too! I'm saving about $90/mo, $1,080/year so why not donate some more to Ron Paul?

Amount: $100.00
Transaction ID: 330698413
Transaction date/time: 2012-01-06 21:57:06

:)

+ REP

Way to be !

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

If you do cancel , be sure to let them know why you are

Why would anyone want to pay to be lied to and manipulated ?