I'm never mad. And you're almost right about the material.
They are pushing stolen material to get blog hits.
Either way, it doesn’t matter to you. If it’s not an MSM article, it’s a dirty ‘blogger’ who needs to be beaten down.
If the dirty blogger posts his material in full, I generally won't beat him down.
If they’re promoting their own material (as any capitalist will do) they suck.
If they are USING Free Republic as a free advertising tool, they do indeed suck.
As I see it, you’re pro MSM and anti free speech and free journalism.
Wanting them to post their material in full is anti free speech?
Interesting. Just because the MSM can't be trusted does not automatically mean that blogs can be trusted.
Citing your dislike for crap sandwiches is no reason to switch to rotting roadkill.
The internet has done more to wrestle the iron grip of propaganda from the MSM than anything in human history.
Now you think I dislike the whole internet?
Bloggers have done more to keep the MSM reigned in and tried to keep them honest.
Indeed, made-up garbage and stolen material with no checking or oversight is an awesome thing.
This is the greatest human experiment since the foundation of our country and should be encouraged.
BLOGS are? You're cracked.
I just get really irritated when I come across an interesting commentary and I’ve got to fight past the ‘blog pimp’ accusations before I can debate the actual content.
Yes, scrolling is hard.
They gained credibility over time.
At least we agree that blogs lack credibility.
I completely agree with you that, if they’re just posting an MSM article, they should link to the direct source and not take credit. Absolutely. That’s stealing.
But if it’s original material, they don’t have to. If they wrote original content, they have every right to get the hit as a big publication does. People don’t like it, they don’t click. There’s no reason to tear them down.
Here at FR, we reference blogs all the time. These are *all* conservative blogs.
20) Althouse
19) Vox Popoli
18) Atlas Shrugs
17) IMAO
16) Rachel Lucas
15) Legal Insurrection
14) Moonbattery
12) Michelle Malkin
11) Liberal Logic 101
10) Redstate
9) Naked DC
8) The Campaign Spot
7) Newsbusters
6) Twitchy
5) Ace Of Spades HQ
4) Breitbart
3) Gateway Pundit
2) Instapundit
1) Hot Air
We link to them, click on them, support them, help their advertising. There no reason that we shouldn’t support the little guys, too.
In all honesty, I think that FR should have an ad column and rake in the cash. And we’ll all use Adblock Plus, block it so it doesn’t bother us, and everyone will be happy. It’s capitalism and I love it! :)