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Posted on 09/22/2004 11:46:12 AM PDT by Jenya
Edited on 09/22/2004 1:18:17 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Cool.
Now I realize that within this new alternative media there exists some jealosy,. I sense that some people don’t want to give the blogosphere the full credit. They have to parcel it out because every body wants a piece of the action; this is quite normal, this is human nature. The fact of the matter is that it was the blogosphere and it was a couple of sites: Powerline and FreeRepublic. And FreeRepublic has been one of the most impugned blogs / websites in the history of websites by the very institution that has been brought down.
When Dan Rather talked about partisan political operatives, he means those who lurk at FreeRepublic. Who is FreeRepublic, it’s ordinary Americans – liberals look down at ordinary Americans, don’t know have enough decision making power, [?] do the right thing, not smart enough …
You don’t know how much it grates on them at CBS that its something like FreeRepublic or one of their chat rooms or one of the FReepers there or the Powerline … you have no idea that it irritates them that that kind of person brought them down. An average, ordinary untrained journalist that … you just do not know how this irritates them inside. More than the fact that they got caught, it’s who caught them that irritates them.
And, so just as I started out … I was a fad, and I was a liar, and I made it up and I was bad for America and I posed threats to democracy, as the cover of Time said. So now the same things are being said about the bloggers. Fox news has had its turn and we all continue rotating in the criticism carousel of the left.
I heard.
He said LURKERS.............Rush knows the FR lingo.
Howie has been mentioning FR regularly, I'd say for the past few months anyway. He really got a kick out of the detailed reserach relating to Kerry's "Scaramouche," and decided to ASK for FReepers to research the value of Kerry's other registered boats.
Howie just has too much fun.
VRWPP Vast Right Wing Pajama Party
Right, as I can see that you're in love with the quote. Let allow folks to bask in this without guilt. If you want to disassociate yourself with what happened, then go ahead.
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Great one. Old Sarge, check the Pajama Partol on reply #153.
When I see CBS I think C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigations their hit show.
I think we should have a recurring thread called N.S.I. FRee Republic. News Story Investigations!
First, it is accurate as far as what we do here at FRee Republic.
Second, it is another finger in the eye of SeeBS. We spoof their hit show while bringing down their vaunted News Division.
I hope we have a good boost in donations next FReepathon. We'll need it.
Some disparage the newbies coming here due to all the recent publicity. I say, Welcome to the huddled masses, the tired (of media bias), the poor, etc. We were all once in their shoes. Remember the days when we didn't have FR, one another, and all the links to ALL the news? It was a horrible existence, and I mean that sincerely. We were buffeted by the Dan Rathers of this world who made it extremely difficult to get to the truth behind any event.
God bless JIM ROBINSON and his dedication to everything that brought him to create FREEREPUBLIC.
I hope we all wille welcome the newbies. Yes, we'll get some trolls, but the anti-troll forces at work will keep doing their job.
I disagree- you can be well funded AND have your integrity- it is not a 'given' that you become corrupt.
Well put. All through the dark dark years of the 90s, there was Rush, with his optimism, his humor, his good will.
There was no other place to turn but Rush. There was no Fox News till the later 90s, there was no Freerepublic. There was literally only Rush.
Sometimes I think many would have lost hope if not for him. I know I would have. He was the voice of conservatism for many years, when no one else had a microphone to get the message out. This country owes a lot to him.
Locked and loaded.
and that was the exact word one of the editors at TIME magazine used in her discussion with O'Blowhard in the no spin zone. Did Rush create it or she? If Rush did .. high fives, Rush ... they're plagiarizing you while they diss you.
I second that. I worry about scaring some really great people away because there may be a few overzealous FReepers eager to catch the next DU troll.
If it's what they want to do, why don't they just go ahead & do it then?
Wow....this is very cool!
I am so glad that I found this place!!
I agree and am glad you wrote that.
I'm not saying corrupt. I'm saying he could lose a measure of editorial control.
That doesn't necessarily mean corrupt.
Viacom lie debunked here on Snopes.com
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