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FAQWhy Did You Start Right Wing News?: I got really angry during the 2000 election at the horrible, biased job the media did in covering Florida. The breaking point for me was when I was watching a show on CNN and an emailed comment from a listener came in suggesting that "Bush should concede." That was the moment I decided to put together a conservative web page although I didn't actually get RWN off the ground until several months later. When Did RWN start? The page was actually created in August of 2001 and at the time I was splitting my time between Brass Knuckles Webzine (A humor zine I was running online that was pulling around 2000 people a day M-F) and RWN. In April of 2002, I switched RWN over to a blogging format. At that time, I was doing 300 daily uniques M-F. What Was Brass Knuckles Webzine?: It was non-political webzine I ran for about 3 years that featured humor for the most part along with a sprinkling of daily links, interviews, & articles. At one point I was pulling about 3500 daily uniques during the week, but eventually the traffic dropped down to about 2000 daily uniques and I was not consistently able to take it any higher. After spending roughly a year running both BKW and RWN at the same time, I decided to drop BKW and focus all my time and effort on Right Wing News. What Do You Mean By 'Right Wing'?: In the US, the terms right wing and conservative are largely synonymous. Conservatives in the US support small government, capitalism, a fairly strict reading of the Constitution, and traditional American values. Why Don't You Update On Weekends?: I work a full time job and put a tremendous amount of effort into RWN as it is. If I had to update 7 days a week, I'd burn out. Besides, back in my BKW days, I found that whether the page was updated or not, traffic dropped about 40% on the weekends. How Do I Get Linked On RWN?: On the main page and in the daily links section I link pretty much anything that interests me or catches my eye. I also have a permanent link section that I try to promote on the page. To get a link in that section I have to like your page AND you have to send me traffic or at least have a permanent link to my page on your site. Feel free to send me an email suggesting a 'link trade' if you already have me linked or would like to link RWN. But, do be aware that I tend to be s-l-o-w in responding. How Does A Page Get Named 'Website Of The Day?: I pick a website that I find entertaining and/or informative and I give it the nod. I try not to select any website more than once in a year. Can I Link Right Wing News?: Absolutely. How Do I Get On Your Referrers List?: Simple. Each week I compile a list of the 15-25 pages that send RWN the most traffic and put them on the front page. Search engines, forums (other than Free Republic & Right Nation), obscene pages, & links by pages hostile to RWN are excluded and I reserve the right to leave off other pages if I so choose. However, for the most part, if you're one of our top 15-25 referrers over a week's time, you'll make the list. Can I submit columns to RWN?: Yes, just email them to me. But, do keep in mind that I publish very few guest columns on the page. If I Send You An Email Will It Be Published?: Although I only publish only a very small percentage of the emails that I receive, understand that if you send me an email it may end up on the page. Can I Send You A Free Copy Of My Book?: Yes, but do keep in mind that I usually go through about a book every 2 weeks and I have a rather large backlog of reading material I'm already trying to finish up. So even if you send me your book, it may be awhile before I get a chance to read it. Furthermore, I generally don't do book reviews. Can I Use Your Material?: If there is a particular RWN piece you want to use, email me and ask permission. As a general rule, I'll say, "yes." Can I Buy Advertising On RWN? Yes, you can. Click here for details. Are There Any Rules About Posting Comments?: Yes, please don't flame excessively, use an exceptional amount of vulgar language, call anyone a "towelhead" or "raghead", continually post off topic material, spam, use racial slurs, libel anyone, troll, or make threats. In short, don't be a jerk. If that won't work for you, I'll delete your posts and ban your IP. If you are banned and genuinely don't know why, email me. If you know you were doing something mentioned above and you are banned, please don't try to get around the ban. Do everybody involved a favor and find somewhere else to post where they appreciate what you have to say. I am a registered user, but I lost my password. What do I do?: Type in your username and 'reset' for the password and a new, random pass will be sent to you. You can change the password to whatever you want once you login. Do you sell or give away the email address I use to register?: Absolutely not. Why Haven't You Answered My Email?: Unfortunately, I don't respond to most email I receive. That's not because I don't want to do so, but because I receive so much email that it would take me several hours per week to answer all of it. Even after deleting all of my spam, it's not unusual for me to receive 150+ emails per week and that number isn't going anywhere but up. So you can send email to me and I will respond to the press & advertisers. But, unfortunately, everyone else who writes may not receive a reply. Who Is Really Behind RWN?: Yes, I do get this question. I even had a reporter ask me this once. The truth is that I'm just an independent operator running a blog. I don't take marching orders from anyone, there aren't any think tanks involved, and I don't have any big donors giving me cash. Do keep in mind that I wouldn't mind having a large cash infusion from a donor so I could go full time on RWN and have time to write a book to boot, but so far, that hasn't happened. How do you get all those interviews with big name conservatives?: I ask them. That's really just about all their is to it -- honestly. Do You Have An RSS feed? Yes, it's at http://www.rightwingnews.com/index.rdf. How Can I Contact You?: Email me at johnhawkins|nospam|@rightwingnews.com (take out the |nospam|). |
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