The Free Ride Is Over!

A comment on my blog got me thinking seriously about what we, as bloggers, should be doing about both the opposition and the MSM.

Anonymous said...

"Does the media not understand that these are real people, with real lives? "

"maybe it's time to shed the big floodlight on all MP's."

Umm, no maybe its time to have a blog devoted to the unguarded remarks & tasteless behavior of journalists.
Camera phones & digital recorders are wonderful things. The next time you see some jerk or elitist snot at a political event and they are wearing press I.D. turn on your recorder or camera phone and have it on the internet within minutes.

You can bet no one in the press would ever admit to visiting such a site - but they ALL would, to see such things as married, drunken Joe Doofus of the Can. Press staring at Mary Lou Bleached Blonde's chest, or pompous Bob BigMouth wandering around cranked to the gills with his fly wide open. Priceless!

So I had suggested putting a big floodlight on MP's, but anon is right too, let's put the big floodlight on both the opposition and MSM.

Lukiwski was caught, like a deer in the headlights of an oncoming car, both the opposition and MSM ran him down, with glee. All most of us did was defend him, but a few bloggers went on the offensive. The best I saw was this post by Kate of SDA's, it's what we should all be doing, shining that big old floodlight on the MSM and the opposition.

Seems like other bloggers feel the same, here are some examples:

Blogging Tories: What Are You Made Of?

Since the Liberal lynch mob doesn't want to accept Tom Lukiwski's apology for ancient history

That's what I am talking about, attack both the MSM and the opposition, air out ALL the dirty laundry, make them think about what they are doing to real people, with real lives, and real families that can get hurt. Contrary to lefty opinions, Conservatives are human beings with feelings.

A central blog documenting bias by the MSM and opposition is an excellent idea, if I had the time I would like to try doing it. Readers could send in videos and camera phone images of the media being drunken fools spouting garbage...oh wait, that's them already, we just don't hear about it, because they protect their own.

The point: When I started blogging, most of my posts were about my feelings of what was happening, then I started thinking that to get a wider readership, I had to post about media stories and write about that, or make sure that I posted at least once a day, whether I had anything to say or not.

My most successful posts are those done from the heart about an issue that concerns me, not ones that quote news articles. My clips of what's going on in Parliament usually get great response because people are too busy at work to watch it, and only want the highlights.

It's easy to get addicted to the number of hits your blog gets on any given day, harder to go with your heart. Being a follower of the media's lead is easy, find an article you disagree with, and blog about it.

So, to anon, and Paul of Celestial Junk, thanks for making me rethink why I blog. I blog to make my point of view known, not the media's.

The internet is an awesome tool that we can use to expose what the MSM is too lazy, or too biased to bother with. We can put them on the defensive, like Kate did to Fife. Funny how my post about Fife needing to apologize never made it into CTV's comment section.

The free ride is over! Let's shine the floodlight on the opposition and the MSM, it's working for Ezra against the HRC's, maybe we can make it work with the MSM by holding them to account for what they say.