LNN - Liberty News Network *please read, someone needs to do this!*

Okay, so there's a lot of discussion about media bias here. But it's a bit pointless if we leave at just that. So let's discuss what we can do about it. Crying foul and sending angry emails to CNN isn't going to help. The fact of the matter is these major news network are privately owned. They decide what to cover, and how.

We need to provide a POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE!!!

Instead of CNN, let's make our own network: LNN, liberty news network. A youtube channel that brings daily reports from the campaign trail and various other items like: insightful interviews, commentary and debate, related news, background information, stories from the grassroots, etc.

You can do this to a relatively professional standard at little cost!

The media blackout of Ron Paul has a side-effect that's less obvious but just as damaging: it blacks out the wider movement, making it very easy for the establishment to keep up the narrative of 'crazy fringe candidate with fringe ideas and weirdo, fringe supporters'.

Apart from Ron Paul running for president there's a much wider story of the freedom movement that's simply not out there and people don't see. That makes it easy to just view it as bunch of crazy rednecks and doped up college students and discard the whole movement. Like we all know, there's a lot more to it. We also know you need to get past a certain treshhold before you 'get' Ron Paul and his ideas.

That's his strength, but also his major weakness. Take for instance the discussion around the effectiveness Super Brochure. I agree with both sides. It's a very effective overview, but not always an effective campaign tool because sometimes you need to focus the message. The brochure is not the problem. The real problem is the amount of information you need to communicate to an average voter. It's an untold story.

That's a lot to ask of one brochure, and it still doesn't show the passionate and varied support Ron Paul gets. And that's what we need to do.

Liberty News, or whatever the name will be, doesn't just follow the campaign, but puts out the wider story. Interview voters, the volunteers, campaign workers, people that help explain Ron Paul's ideas, people that endorse, add in some relevant news items, local reports, some lighter stuff and encourage people to send in their own items, articles and photos/videos. Make a daily show out of it that's fun to watch, informative and well produced: guaranteed success.

Apart from just putting it online, we can provide ready for broadcast report to local media who often don't have the resources to do extensive reports.

Let's create our own media bias. All you really need is a half-decent camera, a mic and a laptop to edit it all together to a pretty professional standard. There are already so many people out there doing it to some degree, we have the people, we have the talent and we have the ideas. If we all combine forces before you know it we're the new mainstream media.

The current mainstream doesn't put the real story out there, and it'll only get worse as the race progresses. If the movement organizes now it can provide a credible alternative.

So let's discuss...