➡ The article discusses the decline of traditional media’s influence in America, particularly during the recent election. It suggests that podcasts and alternative media outlets had a greater impact on the election results. The author believes that celebrity endorsements had little effect on the election, and criticizes the assumption that these endorsements would sway voters. The article ends with a call to action for conservatives to continue fighting for their values and to create their own media outlets.
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➡ Joanna is a passionate mentor who helps people write and publish their books. She teaches them to overcome internal barriers and use their innate understanding of good writing. Her team ensures the final product is of high quality, aiming for standards comparable to New York Times Bestsellers. She is loved by her students and is excited to work with new authors.

Or has America changed, and Trump’s just the first to call it like it is? I mean, he did that with the media, the same collection of hacks, who told us fairy tales about how close this was all going to be, and how abortion would send the evil orange man packing, and how the polls were going to be honest this time. Turns out they had the accuracy of Stevie Wonder playing Jenga. Truth is… So cheap. The truth is, Musk and Joe Rogan and a few other podcasts did more to get the word out on this election than all the legacy media combined.

It’s amazing. Tells you one thing, legacy media is dead. It is. I only hope… I only hope that if Brian Stelter jumps from a window, it’s from the first floor so he won’t crush dozens of pedestrians. But there’s another group that’s over, too. It’s Hollywood. All the virtue-signaling ****. From the Anastins and the Clooney’s, it didn’t mean a thing. All that Botox must have paralyzed their brains into believing it matters what they think. Sorry. Hey, gang. It’s me, Dr. Steve, and it makes me very happy to say that this election basically ended the legacy media’s relevance in America.

Maybe even the world. Many said that Trump on Joe Rogan was the final nail in the coffin. Tucker’s actually been saying this goes back to the assassination attempt in Butler, back in July, when the world more or less ignored bypass the legacy media that was just frozen into time, saying things like, you know, Trump fell down when they heard loud popping sounds or something like that. And instead, they were getting minute-by-minute updates from X. But most importantly, you could see the stark difference between the campaigns. Now, the pure idiocy of the Harris campaign to assume that, you know, a bunch of endorsements from multimillionaire celebrities and elites would actually carry weight when most Americans were struggling to pay the bills.

Probably not a very good strategy. I mean, the irony is that the people who would be moved by what Jay-Z or Oprah or Beyonce or Taylor Swift or J.Lo got to say are not exactly the people Kamala needed to persuade. She already had those people. Those who could vote, that is, you know, 15-year-old girl. The vast majority of Taylor Swift’s fan base obviously weren’t even old enough to vote. Trump, alternatively, put himself out there. He took risks. He went on the shows and the podcasts that had actual authenticity and massive, massive reach, something an elitist would never dare to do.

So it’s clear to see that for the next four years, the legacy media is going to have to undergo some kind of major, massive rebrand. I do think it would be foolish for us to believe that the legacy media is just going to roll over and disappear. Instead, legacy media is probably going to try to come back with a very strong and powerful vengeance. Now, how I don’t know, but that does raise the question, what can we do as patriots to protect our freedoms and more importantly, our information? How can we influence this landscape so that the truth can be carried through the culture over the next four years and beyond? Well, joining me today is my favorite publisher, Joanna Hunt.

And before we get into chatting with Joanna here, Joanna has an amazing free training coming up where she’s going to show you step by step how you can create your own non-woke media outlet in a published book. Many Turley Talkers have published books through Joanna and her Silversmith Press. I’ve actually got a ton of them behind me on the bookshelf in my office. So if you ever had this itch to get your story published, you would definitely want to attend Joanna’s free training. Just click on the link below to register or you can scan the QR code on the screen.

Joanna, welcome. Great to see you again. Oh, thank you, Dr. Turley. I am so glad to be here. I’m so proud to be an American, to be a Texan, and to be advancing truth and freedom for our country. It’s a great day. I would say you normally are always showing off around me. I’m from Texas. I know. You rub it in. I’m in the greater Philly area. But now I get to show off a little bit, Joanna, because what state brought it home? You did it. Congratulations. Congratulations. It is. It was so exciting.

What did you think about the election? Again, you’re from the great state of Texas, and it is. I love Texas. I love going on down there. You guys had an amazing night. I mean, Trump won by double digits in Texas. What are your general thoughts? What were your feelings that night? Yeah, you know, I think by and large, so much crazy has happened in this world. I personally just kind of braced myself for anything. You know, it’s like, okay, well, are we going to have another wave of foul play at the polls or what’s really going to happen? And so I kind of just went to bed, said a little prayer, got up in the middle of the night and looked like a lot of people.

And I was like, oh my goodness. But I think this tells us really where the heart of the American people are. You know, we heard that the Amish came out for the first time in droves to stand up for conservative values. And, you know, we have seen this support in the media. We’ve talked about it in the past with movies, with different things where things that have a woke agenda being crammed down our throat are not doing as well. But when something that supports faith, family, and freedom comes out, people come out in droves to support it.

So we’re seeing people rise up, take action, and we’re seeing a difference. So I’m excited. I love it. Now, you’ve been on the front lines of the publishing world and media, one of the major forms of media out there. But you’ve actually, you’ve talked a lot about how bad things have gotten, particularly with the legacy media and publishing industries in recent years. It seems like if I’m tracking with you correctly, you’re arguing that we’ve actually seen the legacy media and the publishing industry get really woke, really bad, real fast. Can you just flesh that out for us? Yeah, absolutely.

And you know, one thing we have to realize, there’s a bigger agenda at play. And those who are after our country and after our freedom have a very specific playbook that they’re following. And if you look at what does it take to take over a country, you know, one of them is take over the media. Take over, you know, values, push, you know, break down the family unit, push agenda in print, in media, in all areas. And so we have to step back and say, okay, what is really happening here? And then if you take a step back further, you know, I really believe there’s a spiritual agenda at play.

We have a spiritual assault on our country as well. And so the battle for freedom has been going on since the founding of this country. I mean, it should be no surprise. We’ve had wars for years. We’ve had, you know, just even getting away from England. You know, we go back to the Declaration of Independence. That was signed way before we actually had our independence. But it was strong men, women, children, everybody standing up for what we believe in, for what’s right, for what’s true, and taking action in our respective spheres that really makes a difference.

And so what my heartbeat is today, you know, there are so many people that wake up and go, oh, yay, we’ve got the ball, you know. And then everybody just kind of relaxes and watches and waits to see what happens. But what I was thinking about today, and as I was preparing to talk to you, was one of my favorite Bible stories, which is David and Goliath. And so one man stepped out, took a shot at the giant, and when the armies behind him saw that, it says that David rushed the battlefield, and the army rushed the battlefield too.

And this is our moment as conservatives, as believers, is that we don’t need to just watch our David kind of run. We need to rush the battle too. The battle’s not over. The battle is just beginning. And we need to hold our ground, and we need to move forward by taking action to do the things that we know to do. Oh, I love it. Whenever I hear David and Goliath, I always think of the original. They call it the proto-evangelium, right? Isn’t it Genesis 3.15, 3.16, where God promises that He will send enmity between the woman…

Yeah, it’s part of the… When He’s talking to the serpent and cursing him, and He promises, I’m going to send enmity between you and the woman, between her seeing your seed, and He will crush your head, and you will strike His heel. It’s considered the first gospel proclamation that God, in destroying the serpent, will be bruised in some way, shape, or form. But He’s going to crush the serpent’s head. And when, of course, Goliath gets… He gets the slingshot, the rock, right into his head and then gets his head cut off.

It’s just the imagery of David as a Christ figure is really cool. But, I mean, you talked about the spiritual, you know, implications of this. So you’re saying the owners of these media outlets really are pushing agendas here. This is intentional, this whole wokeness. And this isn’t just like some fad that’s, you know, ideological fad or anything like this. I mean, there’s something pretty nefarious behind this. No, absolutely. And that’s, you know, it starts, especially with children’s books. You know, I noticed that as a young model. Yeah, I’m still in Detroit.

Yeah, I’m sorry. It starts with kids. Yeah, it does. And the agenda I noticed, there was a book that was out, that was such a communist agenda. And I was like, it was a book about fish, redistributing his beautiful fins so that everybody could have beautiful fins. And I thought, we should just be celebrating our fins that we have. And so I could see that as a young mom, like, okay, this has to change. And even now, I heard that one of the top books, it’s presented as a spiritual book and conversations with God, but it’s affirming a woke agenda.

And so now more than ever, those of us who believe in truth, who believe in the Bible, who just believe in freedom, that we stand up and share what we know and what we believe. And that’s why I’m so proud as a publisher to support the message of faith, family, and freedom. You know, so many people come to me and they say, I can’t find a publisher. They only want extreme viewpoints. They want the fringe things. And, you know, I’m saying, guess what? We want to get back to flood the market with truth.

We want to give options. I’m so proud of our children’s authors. We do fiction, nonfiction, children’s books. We do, you know, it doesn’t have to necessarily be a political book or a faith-based book, but just something that’s wholesome for the family where you can feel good that, hey, I am giving this book to my child to read. I’m actually going to brag on one of our Turley authors, and that is Susan Mason, The Secret of the Terrible. This is a book for young readers, eight to 12 years old.

It’s mystery. There’s some dinosaur action in there. And the child is also facing just real world difficulties like we all have in recent years. And I’m so proud of this book because it’s so well written. Even the editor was saying, that should be a movie. Like, you got to push that book. I’m so proud to share that. Especially if you’re looking for something to give to just help your kids learn to read. This is such a great book. I also want to brag on Mary Ann Carlino, Stopping School Violence. She was a teacher who saw red flags and had to really stand up and fight the school board to take action to protect the kids.

And so we have so many amazing Turley Talkers in your audience who have come to me based on our partnership and said, yes, I need help writing a book. I need help publishing a book. I don’t know where to start. I don’t know if I have enough material. I don’t know if I should even do this or not. Well, we take passionate conservatives and we help them find their voice and shape their message through their books. And then, you know, if there’s other things that they want to do beyond that, we’re branching out to help amplify the message of truth in other formats.

And so that, you know, you had mentioned that link. If you are interested in writing or publishing a book, you want more information on what we’re doing, publishandgo.com slash Turley is the link, publishandgo.com slash Turley. And so, you know, that is my plight. I was raised in a military family. I’ve mentioned this before. My grandfather, both my grandfathers fought in the war. They were pilots. My grandfather was a pilot. He was a trainer and he trained Chuck Yeager, who broke the snow. Oh, wow. And he broke the snow bear. So it was instilled in us.

He was also in Pearl Harbor. So I got to interview him for his original story being bombed, but it was instilled in us to stand up for faith, for family and for freedom. And so this is my way to do that. It’s like, okay, let’s bring the voice out. Let’s bring something written to bear. You know, what I love about a book is that it can’t be altered or shadowbanned or taken down. You know, nobody can control what happens. This book is done. Nobody can change it. If somebody bury it in the dirt, somebody’s going to find it and read it.

And that’s what I love about books and media and about truth. I have a collection of books from the 1800s and it’s the same words today as it was like that. So that’s what I love about books, Dr. Turley. And I know you do too. We get a little bit on our tangents when we talk. We get geeky. Yeah. We look out on our books. That’s right. God is a publisher. God takes his imaginations and puts it in a book. And certainly generations have tried to stamp that book out and to no avail precisely because of the permanence of the medium.

So if people click on the link below or scan the QR code, can you just give us a little bit of a summary of what to expect? Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Well, we’re broadening our way of helping people, which is awesome. You know, we’ve started out as a boutique publishing house. And I say that we give the same experience as a top five publisher. And I know because I worked in the industry for 20 years, I’ve worked with top five publishing houses, top agents. I’ve helped draft campaigns for number one, getting them to the best selling books and New York Times bestselling authors.

And having that experience and that background is what impassioned me to take a stand in this area. And so if you come to us, you know, we’re going to ask you a few questions. We’re going to see if there’s a good fit. We’re going to see, you know, what do you need? Do you need writing and coaching support? Do you just need the publishing? We have all kinds of different avenues to be able to help people. If you want to add marketing support, we’re doing that as well. And so I’m just really proud of our of our little growing company silversmith press Silversmith press is a nod of course to Paul Revere who wrote Proclaiming truth and pro telling people to wake up and stand up for battle And so that’s what we’re doing with our labels We’re saying wake up and stand up for battle It is not time to just relax and let the front runners go It’s time to join the battle every day we can the bad proof and we need to speak truth.

Yes. Go ahead. Thank you Yes, no all hands on deck. Absolutely gang. This is it’s amazing We have had so many Turley talkers work with Joanna and getting their getting their ideas in their mind poured out on the pages of a book and we just we actually just had a wonderful afternoon where I got to Interview a bunch of these Turley talkers just real quick just to see what their what their projects were their books were and everything. I mean the diversity of Topics you deal with Joanna are amazing. I mean nonfiction fiction biography autobiography faith-based books history, I mean, it’s just the swath of The library of information that comes out from your authors is stunning Oh, thank you.

And it is my complete joy and it’s really my ability You know, I might is or let me say my kind of my sweet spot is to help bring the project That’s in your heart to life. I tell people, you know, I have expertise, but we’re not writing my book We’re writing your book so how do we help you feel your message and share your message in an authentic way and That’s my big promise is that you’re gonna love your book You’re gonna be proud of your book You’re gonna be making impact and having influence in your circle and getting truths out into the world And I’ve just know, you know, we’ve known each other for a while now and I’ve just seen it I mean you just I mean you You love that book out of them as it were I mean you really are you’re so encouraging and you draw the book out of the person and and and enable them to to reach that that level of inspiration that that Require, you know that’s needed in order to write a book you really bring that out and it’s just so cool to watch I mean how you’re really part of that process.

I The word the term stage mom is probably to write the stage mom. I could see licking their hair and making stuff but just you’re so encouraging and I could see you just being right there with them and You’re excited with them when you see that final product Published and that’s just the coolest thing in the world I know because I mean I’ve written books and it’s such a amazing sense of accomplishment But I see you sharing in that sense of accomplishment and amazement with every one of your students It’s so awesome.

No, thank you. And it is it’s my greatest joy I have people they say there’s no greater agony than the untold story within and I have people come to me saying I’ve tried for 20 years to get my book out. I just don’t know how And that’s the thing there is a system and there is a path to get your book out And so that’s kind of my first thing I tell people is like look if you have a passion to write a book Chances are it’s because you’ve been impacted by a book and if you’ve been impacted by a book It means you read books and whether you realize it or not You have a non-conscious program inside for what good writing is you can read a book and go this is good and engaging This is not good and engaging.

And so I teach people how to move the roadblocks our internal dialogue that keeps us stuck and inactive so that we can just Be who we are and let our little non-conscious author program out And then the good part is because we have the publishing program We have a team of experts and editors and content reviewers and layout and with the team that we have also Supports top five publishers. So I am a huge proponent for having excellent work Not just we’re grabbing the cheapest and the fastest and just pumping it out there No, we’re gonna make sure that your book looks like it could hit the New York Times Bestseller list if you were to get there So we’re so proud of the product that we offer and I’m so proud of all of my students I’m so grateful to be working with you to Promote the conservative voice and the voice of truth in the marketplace Absolutely.

Well, they love you Joanna. They do they have that’s all we hear back It’s just how much our authors love you gang if you’ve ever wanted to write a book, this is it This is your opportunity just register for Joanna’s free training Click on the link below or just scan the QR code and see how you can influence the world for the better by Publishing your very own book Joanna. It’s great to see you again Thank you so much. I am so honored and I can’t wait to work with a whole new crop of authors Yeah, there we go.

Can’t wait myself. Good to see you. Take care
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