Free Republic is a noncommercial site and we normally do not allow solicitations, advertisements or sales pitches for products or services. If you post an article which is really nothing more than an advertisement for a product, you shouldn’t be surprised if our moderators pull it. And, no, sorry but Apple product releases are not breaking news on Free Republic.
Ok, I understand the problem with this last. Swordmaker usually keeps us informed on upgrades and other info. Some of us have been eager to hear about the new releases, so we can save up.
Sorry to have troubled you, and thank you for the explanation.
Jim, thanks for the response. I agree this is not a "Breaking News" subject on FR, but it has certainly been suitable for the "Chat" area in the past, which is where I placed the two articles that were pulled this morning. I deliberately avoided posting the press release from Apple and instead posted two articles from a news source about the topics. These articles would have been of interest to at least 400 fellow Freepers, that's why I posted them and why I'm requesting that they be replaced for discussion among the members of the Mac Ping list. Thanks, again, for your attention.
Apple news is is one of the benefits of FR to me just as shadow ace posts about the latest pc virus updates are to that group but this thread did not belong in Breaking News as you state...