Operation: Take Back the Media

[michaelrr1]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CY ST8T @ 06-23-06 12:21 pm) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>





Does not exist or you are not educated enough on the subject to see the bias?

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Does not exist. You are simply paranoid. Every fanbase complains that the media is out to get them. Those who are overly sensitve allow this misconception to bother them.

[Bob]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(michaelrr1 @ 06-22-06 8:26 pm) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'> Truth be told, the Register has publicly acknowledged that their coverage is slanted more TOWARDS Iowa State, not Iowa. Being closer to Ames, it is the Register's strategy to favor ISU to sell more copies. ISU also has John Walters on WOI....I wonder who he leans towards? Channel 13 hates everyone, or is accused to do so at one time or another. Sorry, but you seem to be waging a war that simply doesn't exist. [/b][/quote]

[Bob]

I read Keelers article today. How many articles is that on Iowa's AD? Iowa's AD hasn't even done anything yet. But what really made me mad was Keeler saying that the Hawkeyes are a tradition in Iowa behind only corn and road construction. Oh and to make this article even more lame he inserted Brands name into Chuck Norris jokes. Maybe he will get in trouble for that. HAHAHAHA

[Psyclone]

I like your idea of taking back the media. I think a letter writing campaign might be one way, but it may take more than that.



Another idea would be to expose the injustices on a website. If done on a quality website, objectively and with facts to back the claims up, they can sometimes be a real nuisance that just doesn't go away. One site that was quite a nuisance was the Find Law Tarnished Twenty website. They rated the worst college sports worst programs from a legal perspective. I don't think they exist any more, but I'll provide a link to the archives.



For ISU grievances against the press, we would need not to limit ourselves just to the Register, but also should expose any media outlet or personality that place loose with the facts or short-changes ISU. We could pick on a national outlets or the local guys. There could be a ranking of the worst offenders for the month. And there could be a discussion board that fed off the topics.



http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/sp...shed/#Rankings