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be a desktop reference to link you to people and organizations conducting boycotts of
their own. For now, I wanted to give you an example of the creativity that comes
from anger, and how to use it to accomplish something positive and productive. myboycott] Here's the funny part about boycotting media outlets, the news, stores, whatever... you do it everyday with the choices you make, the things you do and the things you say to other people about those things. And the beauty is, noone has the right to tell you you have to patronize anything. Further, you also have a right to tell others your opinion. You don't even have to have a rationalization. You can just say "I don't like it". What's more, people like you and I can hear those opinions, and take the same actions they do, to show that there's lots of people who would like better programming. NEWS is the biggest, most consistent cashcow in television and radio. Broadcast news, supported by their websites, is quickly putting newspapers out of business. The NEWS Time is when more people in America watch the same shows at the same times. Now, their sponsors are paying for advertising time based on actual viewership of the program, measured in cost per thousands, or cost per millions. The more people who watch, the more money they make. Advertising syndicators buy blocks of time, on a national or regional basis, and resell it to other advertising. They act as an agency for the various channels. When they say the're taking a hard break, they're cutting away to advertising by these syndicators. If their programming is good, they make a lot of money. If it's bad, sponsors take their money elsewhere. Since I don't like the programming on some stations, and since they pay so much for the advertising, I decided I would be doing them a service by letting them know that I don't watch certain programs, and why. Even more, a company that would advertise on programming like this makes me doubt their integrity as a vendor and a global citizen. So I will not be purchasing their products. It's good to let them know that a bunch of other people agree with you, so they know it's not just one malcontent. |
Tell
them a bunch of malcontents who communicate via this website seem to feel the
same way as you. Then, if they need more info, they can contact us at the site, and we inform them in greater detail. If they don't respond to my emails after a time, I guess I'll have to start writing to stores that carry their products, and tv network affiliates in the local markets, and tell them I won't watch or buy from them either. And if that doesn't work, I'm going to start my own tv show, a show about propaganda, and put it on as many cable access channels as I can.(at least until free speech is suspended). And on top of all that, I'm going to put a message at the bottom of all my emails, so people will know how I feel about the issue, and so I can send them to this site and decide for themselves. I'll also go to chatrooms, newsgroups, billboards, message boards, you name it, and ask people if they agree. I'd hate to think it was just me. I'll get webmasters to place the graphic on the sites, too. If all that doesn't work, I have a backup plan. I'm going to start right now, collecting names and email addresses of other people who agree, and file a petition with the FCC to have their broadcast licenses revoked.
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