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Occupy the Media: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

jparker Wrote: Nov 08, 2012 3:07 PM

For those saying that those in the media won't hire those who write conservative, you're missing the point. Lisa is saying that you need to get your foot in the door, and to do that, you need to first get the skills and experience needed, and THEN start going conservative once you're already in. If there are enough of us doing that, you can't be "turned against" when you "come out" as conservative.

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Occupy the Media: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

For the next few weeks pundits, political consultants, activists and everyone else will be offering their reasons for why Republicans not only lost the presidential election, but several important Senate and House seats. Republicans of every stripe lost, so I don’t see this as a tea party versus the establishment scenario. People smarter and with more experience in electoral politics will talk about the candidates’ flaws and demographic realities. However, in seeing the exit polls and talking to friends who are not politically-inclined, one thing became clear to me: The media defined this election.

For many years conservatives have...

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