Sale Of Blue Nation Review Gives Hillary Clinton Camp Its Very Own Media Outlet

[kristopher]

Sale Of Blue Nation Review Gives Hillary Clinton Camp Its Very Own Media Outlet
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
11/20/2015 08:23 am ET | Updated Dec 03, 2015

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton ally David Brock is acquiring a media outlet, sources involved in the negotiation and sale of the site tell The Huffington Post.

True Blue Media, a newly formed company incorporated by Brock, has acquired progressive news website Blue Nation Review. BNR's previous owner, MOKO Social Media Limited, will retain a 20 percent stake in the new entity while Brock will hold the remaining 80 percent equity balance. The sale was finalized Monday night.

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BNR is best known for exposing the lavish spending habits of former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.), ultimately leading to his resignation. The outlet is run by Jimmy Williams, a longtime regular on MSNBC and a veteran political operative, who will remain at BNR.

“The need for alternative sources of information and independent reporting has never been greater,” Brock said in a statement provided to HuffPost. “With the 2016 campaign now fully underway, the time is right for the rise of a new liberal standard-bearer and Blue Nation Review is poised to assume that role.”

Brock said the publication...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-brock-blue-nation-review_us_564f0f3de4b0879a5b0a7bc5

[arcane1]

1. "independent reporting"

[vintx]

10. Right?

Who do they think they're fooling?

[kristopher]

20. A lot of people.

I'd love to know what other social media platforms have been coopted or purchased by Brock.

[riversedge]

2. Bernie will have to ante up some of him money and get his own outlet.

[Lizzie Poppet]

3. Because buying elections is good!

[riversedge]

6. Nope, Bernie would just be buying a news outlet-a website of his own.

[Lizzie Poppet]

7. #whoosh

Bye, now...

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Let me try to explain this to you

the rise of things like Breitbart.com, and Newsmax.com are not unlike this.

They are dangerous for democracy and whatever (I crack me up) remains of democracy in this country.

Of course they parallel the use of actual, honest to goodness, propaganda within CONUS by the government (Yes it is legal), and the rise of corporate adds, that look like news reports.

I know this will make zero sense to you, but quite frankly I weep for this country, and this has not one thing to do with party politics. It is a big picture thing.

[kristopher]

27. +1

[JonLeibowitz]

30. I am reminded continually of COINTELPRO.

People often speak of these programs in past tense -- as if the revelations they existed is anything more than a limited hangout, or more perversely, a modified limited hangout.

If we're honest with ourselves we must acknowledge that there are more sinister forces at play in the shadows. I have never once believed that the Bernie Bros theory had merit, for example. Sure, maybe one or two, but Sanders supporters are remarkably well-informed and can debate the issues pretty well with anyone. And it is a manifest fact that Hillary is corrupt. A calm explanation of these facts is what DUers have presented, multiple times, and yet we are smeared.

Whatever replaced Cointelpro is certainly more far-reaching, and hence more evil.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Back in teh bush years we even discussed

persona management programs.

This is the low commercial end

http://www.episerver.com/digital-marketing/persona-management/

This is the DOD version, thanks to the Guardian, not the NYT...

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

Now consider the idea that bernie bros, or obama boys were real, only in the sense that they were managed.

That is a tad on the CT line, but to be honest I have played with the concept in fiction. And it is part and parcel of inverted totalitarianism, Maintaining the illusion of freedom is essential.

[djean111]

4. Yes, I consider articles from there about Bernie to be as relevant as articles about Bernie

from Breitbart or The Blaze.

Liberal standard-bearer, my ass. More like hunting down liberals and trying to eliminate them from the Democratic Party.

[Skwmom]

5. Someone really needs to do a documentary about this stuff...

[litlbilly]

26. Brock did one called Out Foxed, its time someone did one on him

[UglyGreed]

8. Kick

Money in propaganda out. Keep the wheels greased with cash.

[AtomicKitten]

35. yep, it's straightup propaganda

[leftofcool]

9. Maybe Bernie supporters can buy him a newspaper

[kristopher]

11. That should be a fair counter to the NBCCBSABCCNNMSNBCNPR pack that HRC's supporters lent her.

[oasis]

14. Bernie's campaign warchest won't be able to take that kind of hit.

If they plan on hanging on until the convention, they'll need to latch on to every penny.

[John Poet]

31. Neither Bernie nor his supporters are accustomed to creating propaganda outlets

and then pretending that it is some kind of source of 'balanced news'.

That would be the purview of Fox, Brock, and Hillary,
whose supporters seem to like that kind of thing,
since they keep posting links from the site...

[BainsBane]

12. I don't think we need to see a repeat of 4 1/2month-old story to know they are pro-Clinton

That much is obvious.

[kristopher]

13. Brock's super pac is "pro" Clinton?

Sort of like saying MSNBC is "pro" NBC.

BTW, Hillary coordinates with her SuperPac.

How a super PAC plans to coordinate directly with Hillary Clinton’s campaign
By Matea Gold May 12, 2015


Hillary Clinton’s campaign plans to work in tight conjunction with an independent rapid-response group financed by unlimited donations, another novel form of political outsourcing that has emerged as a dominant practice in the 2016 presidential race.

On Tuesday, Correct the Record, a pro-Clinton rapid-response operation, announced it was splitting off from its parent American Bridge and will work in coordination with the Clinton campaign as a stand-alone super PAC. The group’s move was first reported by the New York Times.

That befuddled many campaign finance experts, who noted that super PACs, by definition, are political committees that solely do independent expenditures, which cannot be coordinated with a candidate or political party. Several said the relationship between the campaign and the super PAC would test the legal limits.

But Correct the Record believes it can avoid the coordination ban by relying on a 2006 Federal Election Commission regulation that declared that content posted online for free, such as blogs, is off limits from regulation. The “Internet exemption” said that such free postings do not constitute campaign expenditures, allowing independent groups to consult with candidates about the content they post on their sites. By adopting the measure, the FEC limited its online jurisdiction to regulating paid political ads.

The rules “totally exempt individuals who engage in political activity on the Internet from the restrictions of the campaign finance laws....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/05/12/how-a-super-pac-plans-to-coordinate-directly-with-hillary-clintons-campaign/

Hillary Clinton plans to coordinate directly with super PAC
By REENA FLORES CBS NEWS May 13, 2015, 10:00 AM

Hillary Clinton's campaign intends to coordinate directly with a newly formed super PAC able to receive unlimited donations, according to a Washington Post report.

The Democratic presidential candidate's campaign will work in conjunction with Correct the Record, an independent rapid-response team, previously a part of super PAC American Bridge, which conducts opposition research on Republican presidential candidates and possible GOP presidential candidates. The New York Times first reported Tuesday that Correct the Record would split from its parent organization to support the Clinton campaign.

Though Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules prohibit direct coordination between super PACs and declared candidates, Correct the Record believes it will be able to coordinate with Clinton without violating campaign finance regulations.

The FEC restricts paid internet political advertisements, making them subject to campaign spending limits and disclosure requirements. However, a 2006 FEC rule exempts "public communications" -- like unpaid posts on websites or blogs -- from such regulations. The rules were initially implemented as a safeguard against regulating the free speech of bloggers and other internet communications...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-plans-to-coordinate-directly-with-super-pac/

[BainsBane]

15. The article is about Blue Nation Review

a website.

Okay, it's not pro-Clinton. Suit yourself.

[kristopher]

16. Considering the acknowledged coordination with Brock, she IS the super pac.

[BainsBane]

19. That doesn't even make sense

as a sentence. Again, the article is about Blue Nation Review.

[BainsBane]

17. But since you're so concerned about campaign regulations

You ought to have a look at this: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/12/f-e-c-tells-sanders-campaign-that-some-donors-may-have-given-too-much/?_r=4

http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/988/201602110300034988/201602110300034988.pdf


And again. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/02/26/bernie-sanders-campaign-contributions/80999298/

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/26/feds-flag-bernie-sanders-campaign-contributions/80985898/

That's two separate letters from the FEC, documenting more violations than any campaign has received in the past.
There is no question about whether those infractions violate the law.

[kristopher]

22. Your sense of what might be proportional and comparable is very odd.

It represents a value set that doesn't seem particularly well rooted in reflection.

But since it is my OP and we seem to have pretty well established our relative sense of justice, please, the last word is yours.

[Waiting For Everyman]

18. And Daily Beast

Chelsea Clinton is on the board of its parent company. I'm sure that makes no difference. at all

They should just merge them and name it Pravda.

[TSIAS]

21. Trump has Breitbart

She has this garbage site and HillaryClintonSupporters.com. Both utterly reprehensible.

[John Poet]

24. 'BlueNationReview' is now the Democratic "Breitbart",

and anyone posting links from it on DU deserves the same level of respect
as if they posted from Breitbart, The Blaze or the Washington Times,
or Rush Limbaugh's diary.

[kristopher]

25. Some candidates really elevate the party...

...and some don't.

:sigh:

[jillan]

29. Lol - I posted the same thing before I read yours.

[jillan]

28. David Brock is the Breitbart of Hillaryland.

[frylock]

33. The Democrat's "Turd Blossom"

[jillan]

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