Tucker Carlson, the creator of the fun new news site The Daily Caller, gave a talk about media and journalism.  Being a member of this new world of new media, I was interested to hear what he had to say.

He pretty much slammed the main stream media up against the wall.  And then he laughed at it.  And then threw a snowball at it.  And then laughed some more. ”The goal is to produce honest news coverage that reflects reality, not your stupid world view,” he said.  And then for emphasis he added, “really stupid.”

The thing is, people don’t have a moral duty to read your publication.  The media needs to make things interesting for people to continue reading and watching them.  They’re not “mainstream” any more, they’re propaganda, and the need for bailouts by the government is proof that no one is reading them.  No circulation, no hits on websites, no money to run the publication.

Carlson encouraged us to give up the use of the term mainstream media.  The new news, the news of the people and by the people is here to stay.