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It is also time to start writing our own news and editorials. (If we don't need their "reporting", then we will have no concerns about copyright rules.)
1 posted on 09/17/2004 4:27:35 AM PDT by TaxRelief
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Taking back journalism, one story at a time.

I've got my digital brown jam-jams. :)


33 posted on 09/17/2004 8:27:06 AM PDT by Repairman Jack
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[I]t is the process of discourse, debate and disagreement that leads to true enlightenment.

However, as history has shown numerous times in the past, when "enlightenment" rears it's shining head, "darkness" goes on the defensive. Clearly, the crowd that seeks the truth is in direct conflict with those that "believe" truth is subjective and personal.

FreeRepublic - the shining city on the hill.

34 posted on 09/17/2004 8:27:15 AM PDT by 4CJ (Laissez les bon FReeps rouler)
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To: TaxRelief

Thank you. This is excellent! :)


37 posted on 09/17/2004 8:30:51 AM PDT by MistyCA
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Good point. Conservatives lost a major battle when they allowed once-conservative media outlets, such as Time and US News/World Report to be taken over by the leftists. We allowed leftists to take over TV Networks which were once reasonably neutral, and allowed them to take over control of the major Foundations in the US.


40 posted on 09/17/2004 8:35:42 AM PDT by expatpat
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We surely don't need the MSM editorials <:-}}


42 posted on 09/17/2004 8:36:03 AM PDT by snooker (French Fried Flip Flopper still Flouncing, be careful out there.)
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To: TaxRelief
An utterly satisfactory Op-ed, TR! Thank you!

Where do I sign up, I've already got my pajamas:


Reporting for duty, and I can salute, too!

43 posted on 09/17/2004 8:36:24 AM PDT by Old Sarge (ZOT 'em all, let MOD sort 'em out!)
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bttt


45 posted on 09/17/2004 8:38:48 AM PDT by votelife (Calling abortion a women's issue is like calling war a men's issue!)
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Rightwingers are relying on the age-old premise that each individual is only as good as his honor and his ability to seekout and relay the truth

I have to believe that some "leftwingers" remain who share these same values.

53 posted on 09/17/2004 8:42:51 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: TaxRelief

There were times in the last five years that I considered changing my screen name. Articles like this give me hope...


55 posted on 09/17/2004 8:44:25 AM PDT by TruthWillWin
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Bump for future reference.


57 posted on 09/17/2004 8:44:36 AM PDT by Euro-American Scum (A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
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I don't believe I have ever read a more concise and eloquent description of what this whole thing is about.


"Bravo!"

58 posted on 09/17/2004 8:45:58 AM PDT by Indie (Ignorance of the truth is no excuse for stupidity.)
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Right on the money!The Internet is in the position to expose the lies and the truth must lie where it falls.
The liberals with the aid of the MSM have brainwashed large segments of the American population for years and they like certain others in our country have never been called to answer. That is the reason so many politicians have embellished and fabricated their resumes and gotten away with it. Enough is enough. Great job Freepers!
59 posted on 09/17/2004 8:46:03 AM PDT by gunnedah
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I get most of my news from links on Free Republic and the Fox News Channel.

Lately I have been detecting a bias from Oh Really of Fox News. The other night he disparaged right-wingers. You could tell by his tone that he doesn't care for them.

I wonder what he thinks about Conservatives and the Free Republic?
60 posted on 09/17/2004 8:46:11 AM PDT by kapn kuek (Terrorism for Dummies: #7. When you hear terrorist, translate to islamic terrorist.)
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MIDI - AMERICAN PIE

A long, long time ago...when the TV news biz started
They knew not where it would go
They hoped it would last forever...no matter how they did their jobs
But there were things that they just couldn't know
The public trust they were abusing...they thought that they would catch us snoozing
They sneaked in their bias...pretending to be pious
Talk Radio, cable, and internet...showed them all that their match they met
In his Depends Cronkite wet and Old Media had died

So bye, bye to Old Media, bye
It was quite a run but you are done and now it won't fly
New Media's here, so be a big girl, don't cry
We were laughing as Old Media died...laughing as Old Media died

It was Brokaw, Jennings, and Rather who each night put out all that blather
They determined what was news
They pretended that they were real journalists...the more we heard, the more we're p*ssed
We grew so weary of their slanted views
Every chance they'd knock the GOP...it was obvious, the blind could see
While they put out their leftist prattle...we were getting set for the battle
Well, there came a guy named JimRob who had quite enough
It was time our side proved that it had the right stuff...he took charge and showed them it wasn't a bluff
Old Media would die

We were singing, bye, bye to Old Media, bye
It was quite a run but you are done and now it won't fly
New Media's here, so be a big girl, don't cry
We were laughing as Old Media died...laughing as Old Media died

For years the game they had been winning 'cause they were really good at spinning
It was easy as could be
Entertainment they sometimes threw in for fun...they came down hard on those with guns
Oh my, there's Katie's colonoscopy
There was shock when they examined her..."That's her brain" each one would soon concur
Then the nurses all started screaming...when they realized they're not dreaming
We heard some shout, "Here is a chance we cannot let pass...we will say we're sorry if we're being too crass
Everyone knew Katie's head was in her *ss"
Old Media would die

We were singing, bye, bye to Old Media, bye
It was quite a run but you are done and now it won't fly
New Media's here, so be a big girl, don't cry
We were laughing as Old Media died...laughing as Old Media died

Their cheerleading really was shameless...for what RATS did they're always blameless
No one had been too surprised
To the whole world they'd proven that they were whores...they kissed the feet of Michael Moore
Can I please have that pizza supersized?
He ballooned up to a half a ton...he could cause an eclipse of the sun
To the anchors he was a hero...while things burned they're playing like Nero
There was no chance they would show both sides of anything...propaganda they had been determined to bring
One day they were foiled by the vast right wing
Old Media would die

We were singing, bye, bye to Old Media, bye
It was quite a run but you are done and now it won't fly
New Media's here, so be a big girl, don't cry
We were laughing as Old Media died...laughing as Old Media died

Would they do what's right? They're saying, "NO, never"...they thought they were just so very clever
They thought they'd get away with it
Docs were found down in Sandy Berger's pants...and Dan Rather thought he'd take a chance
With those forgeries now George Bush he would get
Dan used them and he was elated...but Bush is misunderestimated
Thanks to a group of sleepers...pajama-wearing FReepers
So Dan Rather's plan would fail...Ken's frequency was now in a jail
A happy ending to this tale
Old Media would die

We were singing, bye, bye to Old Media, bye
It was quite a run but you are done and now it won't fly
New Media's here, so be a big girl, don't cry
We were laughing as Old Media died

62 posted on 09/17/2004 8:46:16 AM PDT by doug from upland (Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
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Everytime the media is exposed Terrence J Wilkinson kills a kitten. Please... think of the kittens.


65 posted on 09/17/2004 8:48:18 AM PDT by Bogey78O (John Kerry: Better than Ted Kennedy!)
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Proud to be a FReeper bump!


71 posted on 09/17/2004 8:49:41 AM PDT by subterfuge (Liberalism is, as liberalism does.)
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[ Freedom of the Press has to be absolute, not just because truth is critical for sustaining a democracy in an otherwise Socialist world ]

America is'nt and should NOT be a democracy....

Democracy is the road to socialism. Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin

72 posted on 09/17/2004 8:50:00 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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WOW!

I stand in awe and appreciation and applaude until my palms are blistered.


75 posted on 09/17/2004 8:53:38 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (If God had intended Kerry to be President, he would have made every American an imbecile..)
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Sweet justice!!


76 posted on 09/17/2004 8:53:44 AM PDT by unixfox (Close the borders, problems solved!)
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I've seen this referenced by Hayek's theory of spontaneous decentralized organization.

Apparently this was one of the biggest instances of it happening.


78 posted on 09/17/2004 8:54:21 AM PDT by Bogey78O (John Kerry: Better than Ted Kennedy!)
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