They reprinted only the essay and said that it was "from Freerepublic.com." The conservative talk radio host also mentioned FR and read DH's essay on the air, as I mentioned.
No, they didn't print the comments.
It's funny because I was going to pass along DH's thread to the conservative talk radio host last week but got sidetracked.
So, I think the Canadian news media surfs FR.
The FR community appreciates your summary thread here. Thanks for putting this post together.