Category — #15 MormonMediaWatch.org

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It’s been a few weeks.  Yes, I’m working on a few things, but more than anything I’m broke.  So I’m killing the golden goose by not building my businesses.  Instead, I’ve been looking for odd jobs to pay the bills.  Yes, I have a full-time day job, but our economy has dictated that breadwinner males just shouldn’t be school teachers, since there’s no way to raise 4 people on $35K.  For the ideas I do have, I don’t have the $10 for a domain!  So my A1A lately has been getting food and making sure nothing gets shut off in any given day.  I have, however, taken the time to keep building out the first 14 sites, and some time to work on some potential future weeks.  Scriptureforum.net has hundreds of chapters now, Printshopforsale.net sold about 4 books this month, making $15.  I also put an Amazon aStore on a few more sites.  Again, $15 is nothing, until you realize I haven’t put 1 minute into it this month.  And I’ve said it before, if you want me to design a business around your business (as was the case with #2, ramprint.com, pitch me the idea and we’ll see what’s up.) Another thing I’ve got going is an RSS aggregator for UnionStatesman–so if I don’t post a news article on a given day, it does it for me!

Okay, so this week I have a business I’ve dreamed of but not had the technology to pull off in the past.  I also don’t have the domain yet.  But MormonMediaWatch.org, which now resides here.  It will suck an excerpt of every news article that uses the word “Mormon” (probably limited to 10 a day), and then I and others can comment on the appropriateness of the usage.  If you’re from a different ethnicity, you may not realize the complete and general media sensationalism that surrounds the word “Mormon.”  But most times it’s used, even by the big companies, it’s used in an inappropriate way–either in violation of AP style guide rules, or in a discriminatory or inflammatory way, or with a simple pseudo-polite but out-of-touch mistake.  I really think many of these errors also come from pointed paid political operatives for capitalistic churches.

Oh, and besides reporters, I think the real main audience will be people just looking for daily news about the church–news that’s not necessarily inspirational or sarcastic, but a neutral and mathematical survey.  As always, please volunteer or contribute if it strikes you to do so.