Hi Ben et al, Personally I covers to being very tired of reading how angry you are to not be #1. I really like Meidas and am a long time donor and subscriber but at this point there are people who I’ve referred to Meidas who are telling me that they can’t deal with and are totally turned off by the constant fundraising emails like the on…
Hi Ben et al, Personally I covers to being very tired of reading how angry you are to not be #1. I really like Meidas and am a long time donor and subscriber but at this point there are people who I’ve referred to Meidas who are telling me that they can’t deal with and are totally turned off by the constant fundraising emails like the one I got today. They are going elsewhere for their news. I have to say that I don’t care what is happening on other channels. You have lots of followers and have built a great network. Please stop sending out so many competitive “I’ve got to be #1 “emails. This is a stressful enough time for all of us without a daily reminder of trying to beat a network of lies and deceit. They know they are getting to you by your angered responses. Anger and fear are first cousins. The fires are terrifying and I’m so so sorry that you and your family and so many have such difficult times ahead. So please get back to a focus that matters… not beating out what has become a somewhat mythic bogeyman.
I agree with Carol. I’m a new subscriber and feel as if your angry screeds are sounding similar in tone to what I see on Fox (even though I completely agree with your sentiments). How about finding new ways to share the truth about the fires? Interviews with locals, firefighters, forestry and water officials, anyone who can tell the truth in a humanizing, compelling way. Stories about people helping each other, stories about people from far away helping. Maybe even some stories about how people in California helped some of the red states when they were in dire need after similar emergencies? What we need now is to re-humanize ourselves as a country and help people come back together, not pull us further apart. Organizations like Braver Angels are doing that work, which runs counter to the us vs. them that Fox et al. continue to successfully push. Thank you for your dedication and passion, Ben.
I understand where you’re coming from, and maybe they need to tweak the language a bit, but in today’s world, the truth is in competition with lies. I appreciate how tirelessly Meidas works to compete for the truth, to be #1 so that more people seeing the true than the false. I don’t think it’s coming from a place of vanity but from urgency.
Agree 100%. Heather Cox Richardson is someone who is true to her mission.. Her base has been built by keeping focus on what is happening and what the ramifications are. I value those journalists who know their mission to inform the growing group of Americans who see the hype and are looking beyond corporate media. Please, please keep your eye on the gap you are filling.. the accolades and increased subscribership will come in time.. through word of mouth.
Juupiter- HC Richardson-- brilliant but, again, why we lose. ask her the time and she tells you how to build a clock. the hopi poli do not have that kind of attention span --even if speed readers. keep it short, inspiring or engaging with a call to action. it's how THEY sell their side/lies. when or how will we learn?
thanks for the acknowledgement - LOL- but i am not looking for accolades, nor approval nor a fight. I want to win. my side has not learned that winning is everything. it takes money to win. it takes ferocity and tenacity imho. if you look at the reply, it only took a very small comment to cause hurt feelings. naive and myopic is not name calling. it is an opinion based on observation. calling the other side trumpanzees ( with all respect to the chimps) is name calling.
Liz, all caps telling someone their comments are myopic and naive is rude. And if you want to win, then don't be rude to a fellow commenter who also wants to win. There are several excellent substacks out there. Meidas is one of them. But most of us have only so much discretionary money to spend. And with more substacks coming in like Jennifer Rubin's The Contrarian, people are going to make the choice about where to subscribe because msm is such a lost cause. What keeps me here is Ron Filipkowski's excellent news summation. But what will win ultimately is electing tougher Democrats who are fighters. It won't be because you beat FOX News as number one.
CAROL-- YOUR NAIVE AND MYOPIC COMMENTS ARE HOW WE GOT HERE! Do yiu think Ben can do this w/o funding- heavy funding to fight the massive wealth on the oher side? the bogeymen/oligarchs are on the other side. Let's not eat our own. What they do to Ben is what they do to all of us.
Even though it was sent by Brett, the first words, "I'll keep this short." and the next sentence "...and my interview with President Biden." are definitely Ben's words. Brett did not interview Biden.
First I have to disagree and say there's nothing that shows they have to be number one. Second, what they did was explain to you the reason they are reaching out. They not only discuss their frustration with the lies being number one but also asking us for advice on what we believe as their subscribers, would be good to see and push. They also cannot get people on the ground and communicating and talking with real people without paying them. So they have to have a goal and get new subscribers. Many people don't understand how much money actually goes into putting a show on and it's not just him and it's not just his brothers. It is a network of people they have to pay. Fox doesn't have this issue which, I believe but could be wrong, is the point he was making. The fact he is able to beat Fox without all of the money that they have shows him and his brothers that what they're doing is valuable and it's reaching far enough. The problem is when the competition that has a lot of money is creeping up at the top that means Midas Touch has to push harder because of the lack of reach and resources. They want to make truth number one. I do agree that the wording probably could have been done better but I think the passion that they have they sent this out as soon as they had a moment because they feel the sense of urgency. Of course I don't know this for a fact these are just my opinion thoughts based off of how I see them as dedicated people to democracy and the truth. I just wish people would see things as more of a positive and understand why they have to put emails out in regards to money. We got to stop misreading in a negative form. The problem with Fox is their actions and their words and the truth never coaline. We don't have that with Midas Touch so maybe go a little easy until we see them become people like fox. Then give them hell. Right now we need to not pick them apart for not being perfect and Catering to our sensitivities. They're doing the best they can with what they got and unfortunately they need to ask us for help to give us more.
Just to say I’m all for the need to fund raise and to push back on lies . And MTN is brilliant at doing that. I just don’t need daily emails about who is #1 and who isn’t that turn into fundraising emails. I’m ok with fundraising obviously but competitive and angry emails to those of us who are already long time supporters makes me not want to read more
Hi Ben et al, Personally I covers to being very tired of reading how angry you are to not be #1. I really like Meidas and am a long time donor and subscriber but at this point there are people who I’ve referred to Meidas who are telling me that they can’t deal with and are totally turned off by the constant fundraising emails like the one I got today. They are going elsewhere for their news. I have to say that I don’t care what is happening on other channels. You have lots of followers and have built a great network. Please stop sending out so many competitive “I’ve got to be #1 “emails. This is a stressful enough time for all of us without a daily reminder of trying to beat a network of lies and deceit. They know they are getting to you by your angered responses. Anger and fear are first cousins. The fires are terrifying and I’m so so sorry that you and your family and so many have such difficult times ahead. So please get back to a focus that matters… not beating out what has become a somewhat mythic bogeyman.
With great respect and admiration, Carol
I agree with Carol. I’m a new subscriber and feel as if your angry screeds are sounding similar in tone to what I see on Fox (even though I completely agree with your sentiments). How about finding new ways to share the truth about the fires? Interviews with locals, firefighters, forestry and water officials, anyone who can tell the truth in a humanizing, compelling way. Stories about people helping each other, stories about people from far away helping. Maybe even some stories about how people in California helped some of the red states when they were in dire need after similar emergencies? What we need now is to re-humanize ourselves as a country and help people come back together, not pull us further apart. Organizations like Braver Angels are doing that work, which runs counter to the us vs. them that Fox et al. continue to successfully push. Thank you for your dedication and passion, Ben.
Wow, Claudia! Spot on!! To "re-humanize ourselves as a country" really hits in the heart of what's happening around our beloved country. 💖🤍💙
Great idea, to look for stories of the folx in Cali helping after disasters in other states!
I understand where you’re coming from, and maybe they need to tweak the language a bit, but in today’s world, the truth is in competition with lies. I appreciate how tirelessly Meidas works to compete for the truth, to be #1 so that more people seeing the true than the false. I don’t think it’s coming from a place of vanity but from urgency.
Agree 100%. Heather Cox Richardson is someone who is true to her mission.. Her base has been built by keeping focus on what is happening and what the ramifications are. I value those journalists who know their mission to inform the growing group of Americans who see the hype and are looking beyond corporate media. Please, please keep your eye on the gap you are filling.. the accolades and increased subscribership will come in time.. through word of mouth.
Juupiter- HC Richardson-- brilliant but, again, why we lose. ask her the time and she tells you how to build a clock. the hopi poli do not have that kind of attention span --even if speed readers. keep it short, inspiring or engaging with a call to action. it's how THEY sell their side/lies. when or how will we learn?
Well, I can tell by your replies that you're just a marketing genius.
thanks for the acknowledgement - LOL- but i am not looking for accolades, nor approval nor a fight. I want to win. my side has not learned that winning is everything. it takes money to win. it takes ferocity and tenacity imho. if you look at the reply, it only took a very small comment to cause hurt feelings. naive and myopic is not name calling. it is an opinion based on observation. calling the other side trumpanzees ( with all respect to the chimps) is name calling.
Liz, all caps telling someone their comments are myopic and naive is rude. And if you want to win, then don't be rude to a fellow commenter who also wants to win. There are several excellent substacks out there. Meidas is one of them. But most of us have only so much discretionary money to spend. And with more substacks coming in like Jennifer Rubin's The Contrarian, people are going to make the choice about where to subscribe because msm is such a lost cause. What keeps me here is Ron Filipkowski's excellent news summation. But what will win ultimately is electing tougher Democrats who are fighters. It won't be because you beat FOX News as number one.
CAROL-- YOUR NAIVE AND MYOPIC COMMENTS ARE HOW WE GOT HERE! Do yiu think Ben can do this w/o funding- heavy funding to fight the massive wealth on the oher side? the bogeymen/oligarchs are on the other side. Let's not eat our own. What they do to Ben is what they do to all of us.
Not quite sure how your accusatory and name calling response doesn’t equate to eating our own but I hope it made you feel better
Naive and myopic? Back off bud
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Thank you. What an intelligent comment.
Geesh, this was written by Brett, not Ben. MTN has no option except to grow in order to stay relevant. I applaud their drive for growth.
Even though it was sent by Brett, the first words, "I'll keep this short." and the next sentence "...and my interview with President Biden." are definitely Ben's words. Brett did not interview Biden.
Me too 💙💙💙🤩💯
Agree fully. Looking for honest alternative media but crap about being number one etc is a real turn off.
First I have to disagree and say there's nothing that shows they have to be number one. Second, what they did was explain to you the reason they are reaching out. They not only discuss their frustration with the lies being number one but also asking us for advice on what we believe as their subscribers, would be good to see and push. They also cannot get people on the ground and communicating and talking with real people without paying them. So they have to have a goal and get new subscribers. Many people don't understand how much money actually goes into putting a show on and it's not just him and it's not just his brothers. It is a network of people they have to pay. Fox doesn't have this issue which, I believe but could be wrong, is the point he was making. The fact he is able to beat Fox without all of the money that they have shows him and his brothers that what they're doing is valuable and it's reaching far enough. The problem is when the competition that has a lot of money is creeping up at the top that means Midas Touch has to push harder because of the lack of reach and resources. They want to make truth number one. I do agree that the wording probably could have been done better but I think the passion that they have they sent this out as soon as they had a moment because they feel the sense of urgency. Of course I don't know this for a fact these are just my opinion thoughts based off of how I see them as dedicated people to democracy and the truth. I just wish people would see things as more of a positive and understand why they have to put emails out in regards to money. We got to stop misreading in a negative form. The problem with Fox is their actions and their words and the truth never coaline. We don't have that with Midas Touch so maybe go a little easy until we see them become people like fox. Then give them hell. Right now we need to not pick them apart for not being perfect and Catering to our sensitivities. They're doing the best they can with what they got and unfortunately they need to ask us for help to give us more.
You got it, Carol! The competition with FAUX is a distraction. We don't have to be #1 in ratings, just #1 in truth.
Just to say I’m all for the need to fund raise and to push back on lies . And MTN is brilliant at doing that. I just don’t need daily emails about who is #1 and who isn’t that turn into fundraising emails. I’m ok with fundraising obviously but competitive and angry emails to those of us who are already long time supporters makes me not want to read more