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And here is where we find what is likely the core motive behind the media’s lies about Texas – The establishment does not want Americans to migrate and congregate to fight against the mandates. Lying about Texas at any opportunity, even during tragedy, reveals their underlying fears.

So, where are people turning for their news if not the mainstream? While stats are not as well tracked for independent sources, it is obvious from viewership and subscription numbers that the alternative media is quickly becoming the dominant force in information. My own audience numbers have jumped at least 30% in the past two years alone and this seems to be the trend across the board for conservative and libertarian media. Websites like Social Blade, which tracks YouTube channel stats, support the conclusion that the alternative media is becoming the go-to media.

Why is this happening? It’s actually been a long time coming. Mainstream media numbers have been in decline for many years and their audience age brackets have been increasing dramatically. This accelerated after 2016 when the mainstream media mask came off completely and what we now know as the “Culture War” revealed itself.

...Alternative channels get so much attention because they offer something people want – An honest opinion and analysis instead of an opinion bought and paid for with corporate dollars.

...I have been working and publishing within the alternative media for 16 years and I don’t think many who are new to the field realize how much Americans have broken free from the mainstream narrative in that time. When I got started, to even dream of the audience numbers we now have was considered naive fantasy. Today I continue to find great hope in the growth of independent journalism.

The fact of the matter is, for decades corporate institutions conned the masses into believing only THEY were qualified to act as gatekeepers and guardians of the information bottleneck. Only they were the true “journalists.” They have now lost the respect of the public and their gatekeeping is over.

K.Mooneyham wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:05 am

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:23 am

Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:16 pm

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 7:11 am Ratings don't matter. CNN and MSNBC are not intended to competitive organizations. They are propaganda machines. If CNN were anything else, they would have started changing to gain viewership when Bill O'Reilly was still the king on Fox. He was beating them like a drum even back then. Eventually, one of the Left wing moguls will buy them and keep them out of bankruptcy court. There is zero chance that either of them is going to go away or change.

Propaganda efforts require viewers.

Chas.

Agreed. But here is a question: The viewership of CNN and MSNBC have been low for years and Fox News is blowing past them for nearly all of his time slots. Why then isn't Fox News controlling the "Narrative" and not CNN? My answer would be that CNN is the anchor point for the propaganda which is then spread by other outlets. One could point to the fact that Fox News and other Conservative voices are suppressed on social media while CNN is given much more user access as an amplification of what they do. My experience locally is that few of my neighbors and acquaintances admit to watching CNN directly but all of them seem to know the CNN story lines. I agree that those story lines do not always originate on CNN. If I single out Joy Reed, who has one of the lowest rating among the CNN crowd, the things that she is saying seem to be on the lips of many of the Leftest faithful. Her impact seems disproportionate to the actual viewer totals but perhaps there is a different explanation for that.

I agree 100% with that statement I highlighted in red. The existence of CNN et al, is to "legitimize" leftist propaganda. The narrative could be that the Sun is cold, which would be patently false, but if CNN says it, well, that's from a "legitimate news source" and thus MUST be correct.

The data shows that on average there are 919,000 Americans watching MSNBC, while only 787,000 are still watching CNN.

At this rate the networks will soon be out of business.