Each of my days begin with an identical routine with few exceptions.
Since the remaining newspapers are very few in number or liberal rags, it has become arduous to find preaching-to-the-choir news (PTCN). PTCN is simply news I want to hear because I prefer my hair not catch on fire after reading their printed tripe.
You know to what I’m referring: the economy is robust, the border is closed, Ukraine is winning their battle with Russia, electric vehicles (EVs) are the solution, crime is virtually non-existent, and Donald Trump drowns baby kittens, are just modest samples of garbage spewed by the mainstream media (MM).
The MM also ignores other stories that are of interest to me, personally, because it proves their false claims as, well, false.
Donald Trump was duly elected President in 2016, COVID-19 was over exaggerated, EVs will create a giant mess with the power grid, Ukraine is losing the was with Russia, CO₂ is necessary for plants to live, China is not our friend, and fences really do work, are just few truths that have been covered-up and contorted to fulfill their agendas.
But going back to where reliable news is derived finds us turning to our cell phones – the internet – and television media for what we individually want and need. Both Conservative and liberal information is available via these two sources with the Big Three broadcast channels, plus PBS, MSNBC, CNN, and others on the Left, while Fox News Channel (FNC) and Newsmax acquirable on the Right.
My interests lie with the Libertarian and Conservative side of this slanted array so, I gravitate toward FNC and Newsmax for my news and information.
In the FNC vs. Newsmax arena we find two very different styles of content and delivery. FNC’s morning lineup went from ‘okay’ to ‘awful’ with the exit of its founder, Rupert Murdoch and the ascension to the throne by Lachlan Murdoch, one of Rupert’s sons – apparently the more liberal one.
It didn’t take long to modify its content by adding more human interest stories to augment their tilt to the Left. Adding liberal guests such as racist Juan Williams, Geraldo Rivera, Donna Brazile, Marie Harf, and Jessica Tarlov, to mention a few, they seemed to be heading for a more ‘balanced’ agenda, likely an attempt to attract a more liberal clientele.
Seeming brilliant on paper, this bone-headed move did nothing except push people away from the FNC Church of PTCN to the Church of the What’s Happening Now.
As a Plan B, I decided to adjust the TV channel dial to Newsmax to find a more palatable source of news and information. It was there that I learned Newsmax was the purgatory for reporter and news-reader faux pas victims of times past.
Roughly a half-dozen of those displaced sinners wound up with their mugs on my 55” HDTV. They appeared to have “moved-on” from FNC because of infractions that were once considered career enders. Surprise!
Newsmax appeared as though they were the new go-to morning information source replete with familiar faces and a decidedly Conservative tilt which I enjoy.
To extol their virtues, Newsmax actually got me hooked because of their cross-media system which allowed me to watch and listen to their TV broadcasts on their app. They were also inviting due to the fact their host and guest lineup contained no identifiable Leftists and America haters. And all was good.
That is after a few months passed by and Newsmax number crunchers thought a change was critical for them to capitalize on the Fox News exodus.
Changes arrived in the form of removing their free app, eliminating watching or listening to their take on prominent news stories. And suddenly Newsmax had an epiphany by including more radical Leftists as guests on a variety of their once-stellar channel.
To add insult to injury, Newsmax had pulled the plug on any free perk, substituting a monthly paid subscription for anything gratis. Although a seemingly modest move, they just bit the hand that fed them.
It didn’t take long for me to wonder where I could now turn in order to return to the PTCN church I so enjoyed. For your information I picked up a subscription to The Washington Examiner, as well as the weekly edition of The Washington Times.
As of today, I am still searching for a viable replacement on the television and radio media; there seems to be a deep void there. But my search continues.
There you have it: Two once-stellar sources of news have decided to morph into oblivion by committing media suicide all for the sake of viewer numbers and money. They achieved their desired results.
Congratulations!
