Free Republic was mentioned at BusinessWeek online. The url is: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2001/nf20010828_333.htm.
And I quote: "...check out the Latest Articles page at conservative/libertarian discussion site FreeRepublic.com. Visitors, who call themselves Freepers, log an average of 2 hours and 32 minutes."
WorldNetDaily is thriving with an average of 40 minutes spent by visitors on the site vs. MSNBC averaging 23 minutes or CNN.com averaging 26 minutes. This shows how addictive Free Republic is and also the fact that you can find out all the news and views of the posters on Free Republic.