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1 posted on 09/23/2006 3:53:23 PM PDT by NickatNite2003

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2 posted on 09/23/2006 3:54:54 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Peace begins in the womb.)

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The Internet (especially Free Republic) is where I come to escape a lot
of the insanity of the MSM-nutured cultural scene.

Just like when I first heard Rush Limbaugh in the early 1990s, Free Republic
give me an idea of what it was like for people behind the Iron Curtain
to sneak a listen to The Voice Of America.

(hence the screen-name I picked years ago)

4 posted on 09/23/2006 3:56:05 PM PDT by VOA

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That's because all the libs are at porn sites.

5 posted on 09/23/2006 3:57:43 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny

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The DUmp didn't even make the top 5 lib sites.

8 posted on 09/23/2006 4:01:31 PM PDT by DeFault User

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9 posted on 09/23/2006 4:05:10 PM PDT by Matchett-PI (To have no voice in the Party that always sides with America's enemies is a badge of honor.)

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10 posted on 09/23/2006 4:05:50 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)

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One hundred times one is greater than twenty-five times two.

12 posted on 09/23/2006 4:07:34 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)

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I can't believe the ditzy, blonde Greek broad's site gets more hits than the anchor baby from Ecuador! ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!

16 posted on 09/23/2006 4:14:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can't defeat your enemy unless you are willing to get down in the mud with him.)

To: NickatNite2003

well, it could still be awash in liberal madness but like Air America, who listens / reads?

19 posted on 09/23/2006 4:23:05 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Treaty Fetishism: "[The] belief that a piece of paper will alter the behavior of thugs." R. Lowry.)

To: NickatNite2003

I'd say the 'Net population is more conservative/libertarian than the population at large, because it skews affluent and educated -- and among the educated, it skews more toward tech and hard science than social "sciences" and humanities. It's a matter of percentages, because pretty much everyone is online these days, but that's my read of how it leans.

And it's not just a question of the number of people online, but of average time spent online and number of pages viewed. Even if poor folks can surf the Web at a public library or on a dial-up connection, they're not going to generate as many page views as someone who had a fast connection and spare hours to spend.

One of the key metrics advertisers look for in placing their pitches on the Web is "stickiness" -- not just how many users hit your site on a given day, but how long they linger and how many pages they view. FR has to be one of the stickiest sites around, because it's interactive and engaging; you don't just hit it to skim the headlines, but to drill down in the threads, comment, and read replies.

There's also a question of definitions -- if, as some FReepers do, you consider MSM outlets to be "liberal" sites, they're gonna add about three digits to the hit rate of any site in this survey.

31 posted on 09/23/2006 5:35:29 PM PDT by ReignOfError

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