I am not trying to be insulting, but the news here comes from sources all over the net. I bet a good percentage of posts on FR have originated from Drudge or other news aggregators.
From there, a freeper will find it interesting and post here where we comment about it. It isn’t stealing viewers from Free Republic.
I know I have posted articles here that I found on Drudge and on hundreds of other locations. Some people just come to Free Republic and see what others post. Some contribute new threads based on what they find in other locations. Without those who post new threads, where would FR be?
Drudge posters tend to be FReeploaders.
Trying to be insulting.