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{{Quotebox|"''The Communication Stream of Conspiracy Commerce'' refers to the mode of communication employed by the right wing to convey their fringe stories into legitimate subjects of coverage by the mainstream media. This is how the stream works. First, well-funded right-wing think tanks and individuals underwrite conservative newsletters and newspapers such as the Western Journalism Center, the ''American Spectator'' and the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review''. Next the stories are reprinted on the Internet where they are bounced all over the world. From the Internet, the stories are bounced into the mainstream media through one of two ways: 1) The story will be picked up by the British tabloids and covered as a major story, from which the American right-of-center mainstream media (i.e. the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Washington Times]]'' and ''[[New York Post]]'') will then pick the story up; or 2) The story will be bounced directly from the Internet to the right-of-center mainstream American media. After the mainstream right-of-center American media covers the story, congressional committees will look into the story. After Congress looks into the story, the story now has the legitimacy to be covered by the remainder of the American mainstream press as a 'real' story.

{{Quotebox|"''The Communication Stream of Conspiracy Commerce'' refers to the mode of communication employed by the right wing to convey their fringe stories into legitimate subjects of coverage by the mainstream media. This is how the stream works. First, well-funded right-wing think tanks and individuals underwrite conservative newsletters and newspapers such as the Western Journalism Center, the ''American Spectator'' and the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review''. Next the stories are reprinted on the Internet where they are bounced all over the world. From the Internet, the stories are bounced into the mainstream media through one of two ways: 1) The story will be picked up by the British tabloids and covered as a major story, from which the American right-of-center mainstream media (i.e. the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Washington Times]]'' and ''[[New York Post]]'') will then pick the story up; or 2) The story will be bounced directly from the Internet to the right-of-center mainstream American media. After the mainstream right-of-center American media covers the story, congressional committees will look into the story. After Congress looks into the story, the story now has the legitimacy to be covered by the remainder of the American mainstream press as a 'real' story.

:"The Internet has become one of the major and most dynamic modes of communication. The Internet can link people, groups and organizations together instantly. Moreover, it allows an extraordinary amount of unregulated (emphasis added) data and information to be located in one area and available to all. The right wing has seized upon the Internet as a means of communicating its ideas to people. Moreover, evidence exists that Republican staffers surf the Internet, interacting with extremists in order to exchange ideas and information." }}

"The Internet has become one of the major and most dynamic modes of communication. The Internet can link people, groups and organizations together instantly. Moreover, it allows an extraordinary amount of unregulated (emphasis added) data and information to be located in one area and available to all. The right wing has seized upon the Internet as a means of communicating its ideas to people. Moreover, evidence exists that Republican staffers surf the Internet, interacting with extremists in order to exchange ideas and information." }}

 

[[Joseph Farah]] of [[WorldNetDaily.com]] observed, "In 1995 there were approximately 1 million computers connected to the Internet. By the end of 1998, there were 50 million. Within 10 years, there will be in excess of 1 billion connections. To put that in perspective, after the invention of television, it took more than 10 years before there were 50 million sets in the world. The same rise on the Internet has taken less than three years."<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=14676 Hillary Clinton, conspiracy theorist], Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily.com, February 11, 1999.</ref>

[[Joseph Farah]] of [[WorldNetDaily.com]] observed, "In 1995 there were approximately 1 million computers connected to the Internet. By the end of 1998, there were 50 million. Within 10 years, there will be in excess of 1 billion connections. To put that in perspective, after the invention of television, it took more than 10 years before there were 50 million sets in the world. The same rise on the Internet has taken less than three years."<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=14676 Hillary Clinton, conspiracy theorist], Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily.com, February 11, 1999.</ref>