[Congressman Billybob]

Thought y'all would find this one interesting.

John/ Billybob

[HangnJudge]

Me likes

Complex, content rich, thoughtful dialog
Yup - sounds like FreeRepublic (slight Right tilt)

[Little Bill]

John, I often wondered what kept the Revolution alive in say, Upstate NY, well before Paine published his stuff.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Kleon]

For example,. I knew before the MSM that the Shuttle Columbia was burning on reentry. While the MSM were awaiting the landing in Florida, I was reading a current thread on the Net, where a citizen-reporter with a high-powered telescope reported the shuttle was trailing burning parts. It’s a matter of knowing where to go and who to read, to find truth on the Net.

And yet for every story like this, there's a dozen where people report it too early, before all the facts come in. I remember a lot of threads concerning the Montana election, for example, that turned out to be completely false, yet people still asked "why isn't the MSM reporting this?" This place is fun to come and read opinions, but for late-breaking news, I find myself questioning it more than I would the mainstream press.

[PGalt]

People you’ve never heard of, who work and write for free, think better than that on the Internet every day of the week. Forget Time. They are old news, and bad news.

BTTT!

[concentric circles]

Barracks.org - Viva la revolucion!
“ …the unfortunate and untimely defeat at Trenton has thrown us further back than at first apprehended, from the great encouragement it has given to the rebels. I do not now see a prospect for terminating the war, but by a general action, and I am aware of the difficulties in our way to obtain it, as the enemy moves with so much more celerity than we possibly can.” General Howe 1777

[TXnMA]

"The true turning point was the downfall of Dan Rather at the hands of “some guys in their pajamas” who backed down CBS news, and brought down Dan."

"Not only did the alternative medium defeat the traditional one on the false documents, for the first time the alternative drove an issue, and defeated one of lions of the old media. That one event was the electronic equivalent of Gutenberg’s invention of moveable type, which gave books, beginning with the Bible, into the hands of the people, rather than merely the elite."

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Gentlemen, take a well-deserved bow!

[TankerKC]

For example,. I knew before the MSM that the Shuttle Columbia was burning on reentry.

I'll never forget that morning. I was reading the thread, then turned on the TV. They had no idea yet.

[VRW Conspirator]

The story that shows the culture change...The true turning point was the downfall of Dan Rather at the hands of “some guys in their pajamas” who backed down CBS news, and brought down Dan.

The first "turning point" was the Monica Lewinsky story busted wide open by Matt Drudge. Here, it was Time Magazine that published the story and then spiked it-too late. This Dan Rather Story is really just an affirmation that the MSM does not have air supremacy anymore.

[Tench_Coxe]

I had an argument with a relative about 10 years ago, with respect to the news gleaned from the Internet and that which appeared in print and television. The old mantra was pulled out by my relative regarding "nothing is in black and white", attempting to put the Net in a bad light.
My response was, while holding up a newspaper: " I understand that. But while one can read something on the internet and cross check to decide for his/her self, the paper and TV are the folks who try to make the news black or white in their own mold."
Changed a mind that day. Said relative pays more attention to the comics and the coupons now, Wall Street Journal excepted.