Shameless Self-Promotion
Hey there. So I've completely broken my rule of not writing for free. Well, that's not entirely true. I will get residual income from being the "Mpls. Wicca Examiner," but it's really just to get exposure for some of my other work and get my name out there on the web. I'm in the process of getting my writer's website up and running, and it'll
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Here's the original post. The relevant bit is about three screens down. If you go read it there, Jason has plenty of reference links as always; I'm only posting his own text here, minus the source he quotes to save space.
Speaking of Examiner.com, many Pagans (including Z. Budapest) have turned to the service in hopes of pursuing local issues while making some money, but what they may not know is that the individual holding the purse-strings of the enterprise is ultra-conservative Christian billionaire activist Philip Anschutz. AlterNet features an article from Jamison Foser of Media Matters for America that wonders if Anshutz is laying the ground-work to own a big chunk of locally-focused journalism’s future.
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So what’s the big deal? Well, besides the insinuation that Anshutz may one day do an ideological/theological purge of his local news new-media empire, there’s the fact that many unassuming progressive-leaning Pagans are driving traffic and revenue towards Anshutz’s goals for the promise of a small cut of the action. What, exactly, are his goals? Denying gays the right to marry, working against discrimination laws that include sexual orientation, promoting “intelligent design”, stopping medical marijuana, and working to elect politicians like George W. Bush. Obviously some Pagans may have no trouble with many of these goals, but I wonder how many Pagan Examiners know who they are working for?
I hate to shit all over your good news, but I didn't want you to get blindsided later, and I figured you could better make decisions with all the info. (And this may not be all the info. It's just the bit I remembered reading on one blog.)
The new "Witches & Pagans" is the love-child of newWitch and PanGaia, may they rest in peace.
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This sounds very cool, will look it up.
Love you.
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