Let's be frank. A whole lotta' things could be a whole lot better these days. It's easy to understand why many Americans are struggling to be optimistic about the future. America's southern border is overrun, our national security strategy seems to be based on mere hope that nobody decides to mount an attack, brave law enforcement officers are being beaten in the streets by illegal immigrants, and the economy continues to deal families blow after blow. Through it all, Biden has denied anything's wrong, blamed everyone but himself, and doubled down on his unconstitutional, country-wrecking agenda.
And while people often say that each election cycle is the "most important election ever," it's true that America is at a crossroads this year. So is conservative media.
The over-inflated "Bidenomics" economy is only part of the problem facing us today. Emboldened by Biden's angry attacks on "enemies of democracy," Big Tech companies have escalated their efforts — and colluded with the government — to censor, demonetize, and flat-out stop Townhall and other conservative media outlets from reporting stories that are inconvenient to the ruling Democrat elite, DEI-obsessed social justice warriors, and mainstream media.
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Just think about how much worse things would be if the Biden administration wasn't getting called out, scrutinized, and held accountable to the American people by conservative media.
In a world without conservative media, Joe Biden's claims that the withdrawal from Afghanistan was a record-setting success would go unchallenged. His administration's denial of inflation would be the recorded fact. The claim that the southern border is "under operational control" would be the only reported narrative. The president's desperate assertions that the economy is booming wouldn't need to be reiterated because that would be the only story told. All his policies would go unquestioned, even when they blatantly violate the Constitution.
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In addition to the critically necessary job of presenting an alternative, also known as the truth, to Biden's stenographers in the mainstream media, conservative media also tells the stories that are too inconvenient to the ruling class to acknowledge.
From exposing the vile antisemitism boiling over on college campuses to reporting on crimes the left would prefer we ignore for the sake of identity politics, Townhall fights to ensure the truth is reported — no matter how dark or problematic it is to the ruling elites who think we shouldn't be able to publish such stories.
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According to a Syracuse University study, just 3.4 percent of American journalists identify as Republicans — down from 25.7 percent who claimed membership in the GOP when the survey was first completed 52 years ago. The result is ideologically homogeneous mainstream newsrooms staffed with woke culture warriors from woke universities who believe conservative ideas can cause physical harm to people and safe spaces are necessary to cope with the existence of a conservative in close proximity. It also means that conservative media is the last best hope for the truth and stories that matter to see the light of day, and its survival is in your — our readers' — hands.
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Spencer Brown
Managing Editor