Reply #15: We need a much better message machine

[Vox_Reason]

For all the reasons that Touchdown mentioned, we were at a huge disadvantage in this election. Joe average is buying the popularly-disseminated Rovian talking points, because they've got a much better delivery method than we do. Our delivery method is 20th century, and they've been working for years to create a new one.

The fascists are way ahead of us now in terms of messaging. They have a whole TV "news" network to spew their talking points 24/7 without the burden of "objectivity". They have a number of "star" pundits to pimp their talking points on talk radio for at least 3 hours a day, and in many markets they have a local clone to pick up the baton for at least another 3 hours. They have a variety of well-funded "think tanks" to promulgate their fascist ideas to any weak-kneed "news organization" that will allow them on to provide Unka Karl's talking points.

After a while, this stuff's gonna convince someone who's looking for a lifeline. We're not providing a competing lifeline.

What do we need to do?

We need a competing network to Faux. Yesterday.

We need to actively support Air America sponsors and expand the network as quickly as possible.

We need to support whatever efforts are being made to fund and support liberal thinktanks to oppose the AEI's, etc.

We need to work harder at marginalizing far-right viewpoints as being what they are--fringe viewpoints. The above-mentioned apparatus has been effective at making fringe viewpoints SEEM mainstream because of the pervasiveness of their message mechanism.

This post is long enough. What do you think?