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Right Launches Giant Campaign Against Media

Bozell promises $5 million, “largest conservative social media campaign ever. “Don't believe the liberal media.”

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Right Launches Giant Campaign Against Media
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A conservative media watchdog says it's launching a $5 million assault on the mainstream media today to beat back "an onslaught of character assassination against anyone who dares to challenge Obama."

Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell says in the video above that his campaign, conducted on bumper stickers, billboards, traditional and online advertising, will tell Americans, "Don't believe the liberal media."

He said the campaign is in the spirit of Newt Gingrich's attacks on debate moderators.

In South Carolina, "one fo the candidates finally confronted the media on their blatant bias, and Americans stood up and cheered," he says.

Bozell says the group has banked $3 million toward a $5 million goal of launching, among other things, "the largest social media effort ever undertaken by conservatives."

Political attacks on the media are nothing new, but the scale of Bozell's campaign could make it something to watch.

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  • If the right doesn't like “the left wing news media,” they can start their own newspapers, networks and syndicates. Sure there's the WSJ and Fox News, but the majority of their content is not original reporting, but rather commentary on other's original reporting.  Do the work. Open hundreds of bureaus around the world. Until then, stop complaining.

    Abe
    3 months ago
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  • Brent Bozo's timing was off. At virtually the same time as his announcement, a wave of attacks on Gingrich was launched by the RIGHT WING media.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/newt-gingrich-conservative-media_n_1235896.html?ref=media Wonder what Bozo has to say about that?

    bradleyb3
    3 months ago
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  • The cons have been blaming their failures and moral shortcomings on the media since the days of Nixon. Hell, the Watergate break-in was probably done by Dan Rather to make the republicans look bad. Blaming the messenger is what they do best. They hate the press like cockroaches hate light.

    glenchilada
    3 months ago
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  • Too bad no one is ever going to hear about this…

    Scott W.
    3 months ago
  • Cause the right is completely innocent like Fox new?

    PurpleStuff
    3 months ago
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  • Uuuummmmm OK. Because republican candidates are the only ones who have ever been attacked by the 'Liberal Media'. I'm pretty sure EVERY candidate gets dragged through the mud.  Here's a thought: DON'T BE A SCUM BAG. Stop having affairs with people and boasting about the sanctity of marriage. Don't be a rich bastard and go around pretending like you're not. Don't say uninformed things on television and expect people to not ridicule you for it.  I'm pretty sure Obama has gotten PLENTY of flack from Fox “News” btw, from inviting Common to the White House to having an “angry black woman” for a wife. Bill Clinton was a poon hound and everybody talked about that too.  The problem is, all of these politicians running today are SCUMMY. It's not the media's fault that people find out how scummy they are. In this day and age you can find information on ANYONE at the drop of a dime, so it's to be expected.  THAT SAID, I don't really subscribe to the “News Media” as they are all kinds of corrupt with money, like our government. I get my news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report…. The only TRUSTWORTHY news outlets on TV/Internet.  I think I'm done now. I need to go have a cookie.

    Krissy Diggs
    3 months ago
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  • Paying $5 million for social media makes it not social media anymore. They probably don't understand that very well. When Old Spice spent millions on social media, they acknowledged it as marketing. Because it is. These people are so freaking lame.

    WhatTheHolyHeck
    3 months ago
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