Here's an easy way to acheive critical mass (MEDIA COVERAGE)

[proudtobeadem]

I am posting this for a new DU'er (Mad Scientist) who still cannot start a thread:

We're probably going to need protesters.
We need to attract the attention of huge groups of idealists.
We need people who buy ink by the barrel.

My idea:
COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS

We need a list of stories, already worked out with references. (Not just lists of links.)
We need a list of email addresses for college newspaper columnists and editors.

We keep them informed, they will inform the idealist protesters on campus, we achieve critical mass, MSM may be forced to bring it out.

What do you think?

(If it's a good idea, please start a new thread on this for me.)

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Great idea

[jamboi]

2. Excellent. Has this been posted over at Media and MTF? n/t

[proudtobeadem]

5. No, but I will now, wait a minute what is MTF and where is media??

[myschkin]

23. Answer

MTF = MEDIA TASK FORCE

http://www.1-2-free-forums.com/mf/index.php?mforum=mtf

(Our forum)

Your idea is posted.

Please join... (We are all from DU)

See also:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x151621

[Griffy]

LOVE IT.. its brilliant... focus on schools close to DC ..

we will need ppl there on the 6th of January... to stand up and support the dems in the capitol as they stand up for us... BE THERE I WILL

[Griffy]

3. LOVE IT.. its brilliant... focus on schools close to DC ..

we will need ppl there on the 6th of January... to stand up and support the dems in the capitol as they stand up for us... BE THERE I WILL

[eleny]

4. An excellent idea

Their lives are at risk. What a V-8 moment!

[nofurylike]

6. great idea! thank you n/t

[floridadem30]

7. Great idea, let's do it nationwide. I'll be happy to submit to my college

once we have something on paper with references.

[witchhazl]

8. Great idea -- but bad timing?

What with it's Finals time, and Xmas coming, and vacation. All before Jan 6.

The timing really couldn't be worse.

Sorry to come off defeatist-- it's a great idea.

[proudtobeadem]

9. We'll give them the stories, all they have to do is Print -a lot

[Griffy]

10. damn...hes right.. finals and break.. crap!! still do it if you can nt

[Griffy]

11. then again.. they will be free to march.. headlines....

what to do on break.. save democracy!

[proudtobeadem]

12. OK we should probably do some kind of 51 state thing

like the protests, but we need somone to maybe email all the colleges with the idea.

[Woo]

13. GOOD IDEA

But you better get it happening LIKE NOW if you're planning on getting to the audience you need -- in fact it might already be too late --

Winter break is starting -- the last issues of college rags are going out this week probably... there will be no one there to read it -- where were you 5 weeks ago?

[Wordie]

14. Good idea, with one caveat. Why don't you offer to be a source of info,

because those school papers probably have lots of students wanting to get published, so it would go over better if they were able to use the info to write their own stories under their own bylines.

I'm just remembering how it was when I was a student. The idea that someone was going to write stories FOR them is likely to not go over to well. As a source however, I think the idea works great!

[OneBlueSky]

15. great idea . . . will work best if . . .

it's taken on by some group that can organize and implement it effectively . . . could this be a moveon project? . . . People for the American Way? . . . other suggestions? . . .

[Liberty Belle]

16. Here's a list of college papers, with links!

http://www.studyworld.com/college_newspapers_online.htm


:kick:

[ektodemo]

17. 50 facts

What should the message be? I think the "20 amazing facts about voting in the USA" (http://www.nightweed.com/usavotefacts.html) is a good start. I like the neutral intro/headline. Should be updated daily (at a central place), with the most hardhitting points at the top. With one simple URL where people can check the statements and get more info. Send out in emails to people, make them want to pass it on.

The anti-Moore movement made such a list: "59 deceits in F9/11". When it comes to communicating, they know what they are doing.

There is a large amount of info pointing to election fraud. The problem is to make it understandable. People do not want to believe that this is happening. Do not give them reasons to dismiss the information (noise, design, unnessecary text, etc).

Research and investigation goes along many lines. But getting the main points across to outsiders is a different process. It is a question of information architecture. Fragmentation is a bad thing, forces should be joined in one visible effort (how about a working group of ten of the "best" election fraud sites maintaining one main effort together). Just one long page with headlines would probably do, no design needed.

[enough]

18. kick

[myschkin]

19. YES

Please join our media action forum:

http://www.1-2-free-forums.com/mf/index.php?mforum=mtf

(We also had this idea)

[myschkin]

20. other name:

MTF

Media Task Force

[myschkin]

22. We have to act in concert

This is an organized way to do it...

[lonestarnot]

21. How many posts before we can start a new thread? for us newbies???