Dear Lefty Media- This is why you wont end up in internment camps. First, a quick review of the media company business model: Media companies make words and pictures. Those words and pictures are used to draw a crowd. That crowd is rented to advertisers in exchange for money. The words and pictures are the […]
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The idea that Trump would become a dictator is more fiction than fact–here’s why you can quit pearl clutching: Start with the perverse incentives built into the basic media business model: The reason the “Trump Dictator” claim has any resonance is a direct result of the standard media business model which is as follows: The
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Trump’s appearance at the Libertarian Party convention spotlighted the most impactful opportunity available for growing and strengthening Libertarian influence in this election cycle. In the current political climate the right breaks down into three basic subgroups: –Traditional Conservatives (aka movement conservatives, RINOs, country club republicans, Chamber of Commerce, establishment, etc.) –Populists (aka Tumpers, MAGA, deplorables,
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I heard a parable recently about fairness, justice, and loving thy neighbor. It was heartwarming. A group of children were going to have a footrace with the prize being a bag of candy. Miraculously, halfway through the race the students all decided to link hands and cross the finish line simultaneously so that everyone received
Does anyone believe that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agreed to let Apple sell iphones in China without being given access to all customer data? C’mon people, of course the CCP has had unlimited access to your information for years. They don’t need Tik Tok to spy on you. They have multiple intelligence gathering tools
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First, a quick review of the media company business model: Media companies make words and pictures. Those words and pictures are used to draw a crowd. That crowd is rented to advertisers in exchange for money. The words and pictures are the raw materials. The crowd is the product. The advertisers are the customers. The
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“Trust the experts”. How often does one hear that statement or some variation from the intellectually lazy. It’s one of those statements that has a kind of ambient reasonableness at first blush. Of course upon further review the concept is grounded in the spurious assumption that there is such a thing as an ‘expert’. But
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tribe [ trahyb ] a group or class of people with strong common traits, values, or interests Definition 5: Dictionary.com A mathematician would view a sorting algorithm as a practical method of building a tribe from scratch. If you wanted to build your tribe what ‘sort’ criteria would you pick? Try these: Honesty, Courage, Accountability.
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Assigning blame is soothing but not productive so it’s time to move directly to improvement. Winning elections is like any other business so best to start with an old school SWOT analysis of the GOP. Strengths:–By any objective measure foundational Republican economic and security policies are superior to Democrat policies –The U.S. voting public skews
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Introduction “Fake news” can’t be fake because it’s not real to begin with. The business model for the typical media company (regardless of ideological disposition) is this: The purpose of a media company is to aggregate and segment audiences in the service of enhancing transactions for sellers. Even a cursory glance at any media company’s
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