FBP will not be a company that starts from scratch. It will be an offshoot of Fox News, Cyber News Service, NewsMax or maybe even CSPAN. Understandably, no business is going to branch out and attempt to compete with AP until they are comfortable there is a market for their product. 

This brings us back to Theresa; because there’s a lot to do while we wait for FBP. If you have an urge to take action against media bias, focus your energy on the editor of your local newspaper. Do your part to help create a market for a newsgathering organization that will rival AP’s political coverage.

There is no need to be confrontational when you contact editors. Keep in mind they had to be smart to get their job. Talk about a specific AP dispatch they published. Break it down, as a journalism 101 class would do. Ask the editor of the newspaper why the AP writer’s opinion is interjected in the dispatch. At the end of your call or email, thank the editor for his time. Then contact him again the next time you see a biased article with an AP byline.

You will not win this debate with the editor and that is not your objective. Your goal is to engage the editor intellectually and direct a small part of his attention to the objectivity of AP news stories. Let the editor know that you think there is a flaw in the product he is delivering to his customers. If your argument is sound, you will gain ground with the editor whether he admits it or not.

Media bias is an enormous problem in this country. There is no quick fix. Our efforts to bring objectivity back to the news will be taken one small step at a time. The editor of my local paper knows who I am. Does the editor of your local paper know you?