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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1716640" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>It was (as he so stated) a rhetorical question. I answered in kind.</p><p></p><p>Follow the money. </p><p>Increased $$ revenue $$ is the primary reason for all the alternative 'news' sources we have today. Especially the on-line ones like The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Infowars, Daily Beast, Daily Wire etc. There is relatively little expense in creating and maintaining a 'news' website or "news" blog as they don't have to pay traditional wages for writers.. they use contributing writers (any joe blow can contribute) who each get a % of proceeds from ad placements. They don't get rich at it but income is steady because of their 'anything goes' policy</p><p></p><p>Things have changed in the last few years tho. Alex Jones of Infowars has lost 2 lawsuits (in Austin Tx) and has been ordered to pay damages of a yet released amount to families of Sandy Hook.</p><p></p><p>Holt, founder of TGP, has been sued so often that he has now cautioned his contributors that the website has to be more careful: "<em>I don't want any more lawsuits so we have to be really careful with what we put up</em>." </p><p>That was back in 2018 so it's clear he didn't seriously follow thru on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1716640, member: 18945"] It was (as he so stated) a rhetorical question. I answered in kind. Follow the money. Increased $$ revenue $$ is the primary reason for all the alternative 'news' sources we have today. Especially the on-line ones like The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Infowars, Daily Beast, Daily Wire etc. There is relatively little expense in creating and maintaining a 'news' website or "news" blog as they don't have to pay traditional wages for writers.. they use contributing writers (any joe blow can contribute) who each get a % of proceeds from ad placements. They don't get rich at it but income is steady because of their 'anything goes' policy Things have changed in the last few years tho. Alex Jones of Infowars has lost 2 lawsuits (in Austin Tx) and has been ordered to pay damages of a yet released amount to families of Sandy Hook. Holt, founder of TGP, has been sued so often that he has now cautioned his contributors that the website has to be more careful: "[I]I don't want any more lawsuits so we have to be really careful with what we put up[/I]." That was back in 2018 so it's clear he didn't seriously follow thru on that. [/QUOTE]
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