Why Daily Crier? Corporate-owned “mainstream media” has lost the trust of its viewers, listeners, and readers because money and politics have driven many of the news stories delivered by these agencies for a long time. The truth is sometimes hard to determine, but in the old days honest, hard-nosed reporters would search for the truth; and then they would deliver the truth to the best of their knowledge. Reporters were like pit bulls. They wore fedoras, and with pad and pencil in hand, they would work endlessly to uncover the truth. They now have been replaced with “writers” who are told what they can and cannot write.
More and more, people are now looking for honesty and truth in “the alternative media” which is fast becoming the mainstream. It is the goal of Daily Crier News to bring these alternative sources together in one place in hopes that the truth can be exposed with real, old fashion, honest and trustworthy reporting. “Daily Crier” promotes the return of old-time, honest, hard-nosed reporting.
History of Criers
Town Criers were the original and the essential News Media in biblical and Greek/Roman times - there are several references to the “Crier,” in both Old and New Testaments, and for many centuries, the Town Crier delivered key communication messages to the general populace. Proclamations, local bylaws, market days, ads, and tax increases were all proclaimed by a Town Crier.
Their importance diminished after the invention of the printing press in the 1440s and the later emergence of newspapers (first was in Germany in 1605, first in North America was 1704, in Boston), with its consequent improved literacy. Since then, radio, TV, the internet, and most recently, social media have evolved as the prevalent mass communications media.
Town Criers have existed in many nations, with a recorded history throughout Europe, England, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, India, Nepal, Africa, South America, and North America, among others. Today, there are an estimated 500, of whom about half belong to a Facebook communication called “Town Criers of the World.”
Over time, Town Criers have been known by several different names. The Greeks and Romans first called them “Runners,” then “Heralds;” the Bible often called them simply "Criers," the English sometimes referred to them as “Bellmen;” and North American Natives (as well as in Greek mythology) called them “Messengers.” [Source: Town Crier History (okanagantowncrier.ca)]