Then we might as well shut down Freerepublic.
That'll never happen. As long as good FReepers like me read some excerpt from some 3rd rate news source (or even better - a BLOG!) and immediately believe it to be true and post knee-jerk reactions - then there will always be a Free Republic.
Blogs are passé. I get all my stuff from Twitter these days.
Read the excerpt? Heresy. A true Freeper like myself only needs to read the headline.