Tea Party News Network

[Townsend]

Just when you thought the Fox News Network was the only channel in need of a helmet:

They bring you the Tea Party News Network.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/10/the-tea-party-gets-a-news-site-147862.html

Tea Party conservatives are getting their very own news site.

The Tea Party News Network, self-described as "the only trusted news source and the antidote to mainstream media bias," is already live but will announce its launch tomorrow morning, with plans to start live video on election day. TPNN claims to have a "war room of 40-plus volunteers" who will operate out of the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, and has established partnerships with the Talk Radio Network and radio host Rusty Humphries, who will be co-anchoring the election night coverage.

"There are plenty of news websites out there, but there isn't one that caters directly to Tea Party conservatives, providing activists with coverage and opinion that matters to them. The Tea Party News Network changes that," Todd Cefaratti, editor of the Tea Party News Network, said in a statement for the forthcoming press release.

As with many right-wing news sites, TPNN puts heavy emphasis on the anti-mainstream media message: "We don't need our supposed betters in the mainstream media telling us which stories matter or what we should think. We don't mindlessly mimic the talking points of Washington leaders. The Tea Party movement now has a home for news it can trust."

Truth be told, it's not as though Tea Party conservatives have been homeless on the web. Most right-wing news and opinion sites, including the Media Research Center and the Breitbart network, cater to those who would label themselves members of the Tea Party. But this is the first site of its scope to apply the branding and assert itself as "the voice of the Tea Party." Cefaratti is also promising to be "a vigilant watchdog on Washington's leaders regardless of the outcome of the November election."

"TPNN is not going to be just any other conservative backwater on the Internet," said Keith Urbahn, who heads the PR firm promoting the site and recently served as chief of staff to former Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Election coverage will be co-hosted by Humphries and TPNN News Director Scottie Nell Hughes, with a particular focus on Tea Party-backed candidates like Ted Cruz, Allen West, Michelle Bachmann, and Mia Love.

tpnn.com

[guido911]

This little nugget caught my attention about evillllll Fox news.

Seventy-one percent of MSNBC's coverage of Romney, from August 27 to October 21 of this year, was negative (with three percent being positive). By contrast, Fox News' negative coverage of Obama during the same period came in at 46 percent (with six percent being positive).

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-had-more-negative-coverage-of-romney-than-fox-news-did-of-obama-says-pew/

[nathanm]

Why not compare apples to apples? How much negative coverage of Romney did Fox put out and how much positive coverage of Obama did MSNBC put out?

[guido911]

Why not compare apples to apples? How much negative coverage of Romney did Fox put out and how much positive coverage of Obama did MSNBC put out?

Because that's not what the article tracked. Sheesh, call up Mediaite and grumble at them.

[Townsend]

This little nugget caught my attention about evillllll Fox news.

Not evil.  Just dumbassed.