I haven't read through all the posts. But perhaps I should have asked the question as follows...
"Why should someone GO to FreeRepublic to GET their news?"
FR does let you do your own thinking. But, FReepers, don't sell yourselves short. This is more than a Google search result on news. What we choose to post, how we discuss it, how we criticize, how often we choose to post and discuss certain topics, what we editorialize ourselves about topics, all add TREMENDOUS VALUE.
-- Joe
Hmmmm...I wasn't actually selling myself short. I WAS actually being snippy about it! ;-D
Maybe I was too subtle...LOL!