It's not about the news source, it's about the OP driving hits to that website, for which he is very likely paid a fee by every advertiser there.
Check his posting history. He has posted a total of five replies in the last two years on this site, three of which were corrections for bad links.
Sean_Anthony is a click farmer, pure and simple. Free Republic is nothing more than a revenue source for him.
And that costs FR how?
And that costs FR how?