I don't doubt it. Many a time, I have seen something discussed in a FReeper post that became the heart of a "professional journalist's" article a week or so later. Many scribes lurk here.
17 posted on 09/26/2004 10:32:50 AM PDT by mrustow
("And when Moses saw the golden calf, he shouted out to the heavens, 'Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!'")