Unless...
Let's say, just for discussion, that you are the nation's premier Conservative website. Say also that the current Administration is beyond Liberal, all the way to Communist Activists.
Would you just have people scanning the conservative site and reporting back the goings-on; or would you have people log on years earlier, establish "conservative" cred over a protracted period of time, and then use those trusted "everyday FReeper assets" when needed to kill stories like "The Chink Missile Off LA" and "Obama's Homo Underwear With A Stained Fanny Door"?
To be effective, you'd need a bunch of 'em. Just like we got here. Just wondering our loud...
;-/
Personally, I don't like to see FR embarrassed since there are folks I refer to this site and who know I visit here often. I believe that the continuing of the missile theory by, let's call them "Missile Pushers" is an embarrassment.
Fortunately, IMHO, it's only a few now - and I don't mean the obvious Chinese "government plants."
FReegards... :)