Should we review two weeks ago during the Rice expose by Cernovich when many here were seeking canonization for him.
We here seem to be very fickle—however, really it is all about favorable reporting...if we like the story, then the reporter/site is go-to. We like them. The validity of the story may or may not come into question.
However, if we don’t like the article and it is not supportive of the popular narrative, then we disparage the site, reporter, and often even the person who posted the article.
Case in point, Breitbart...
There is a 4/15 thread of an article about Facebook suspending Mark Dice’s FB account because he did not like a transgender Dove soap commercial on Breitbart.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3544528/posts
Not a peep about Breitbart being “FAKE NEWS!!”
However in another thread on 4/14 about an article on Breitbart, within FIVE posts, the article/site was deemed FAKE...and the reporter and site—Breitbart—were disparaged throughout the thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3544274/posts
Make it what you will, but tolerance for a different point of view seems to be diminishing Nationally and locally here on FR.
Bad things happen when people won’t or can’t question their leaders.
And so it goes.