Friday, April 13, 2007

Forget the "Liberal Media", Take On the "Liberal User-Based Content Internet Anti-Media"

American socio-political conservatives have had enough of complaining about the vast left-wing media conspiracy (except talk radio, cable news, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post. NPR and PBS get it from both sides) and have moved on to complaining about the new media front of the internet. Declaring YouTube and Wikipedia simply too liberal/anti-conservative (despite being almost entirely based on user-generated/posted content, open to ALL members of the public), they bring you:

Conservapedia:
"A conservative encyclopedia you can trust."
From their 'Conservapedia Commandments': "Do not post personal opinion on an encyclopedia entry".
Then this, from a proposed 'commandment': "An encyclopedia which merits trust and respect will avoid taking sides on many or most controversies. On certain core issues, a conservative encyclopedia must take a stand. Matters of morality and ethics are paramount among these."

QubeTV:
"QubeTV.tv is dedicated to bringing your conservative take on politics and culture to the Internet. We know that the history of the modern mass media has been liberal in both its ownership and content for decades. With the world of the Internet playing an increasingly vital part in both our politics and culture, conservatives cannot sit back and cede the territory of online videos and pictures. There will, doubtless, be many conservative sites vying for your attention. We here at QubeTV hope to win your loyalty by committing ourselves to making this your favorite conservative place in the Internet universe."
"[co-founder Jeffrey] Lord called QubeTV the “next step in the revolution once led by the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan."

Once again, rather than trying to, I don't know, remove present biases, we attempt to create equality in the media by spawning more outlets for biased partisans ideologues. Hooray!

Fairness, balance: Welcome to the Internet.

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