If every time HH mentions FR, someone gets interested and looks at FR, it's fine for all of us.
The more Coast-watchers, the better. Plus you can't possibly buy that much good publicity
(HH for FR, and FR for HH!) that each provides the other!
Hugh makes it clear on his show that FR's not "his" site, but his appreciation of it is obvious.
Thanks, Hugh, Generalissimo, web Xena and all!
Precisely. It is called reciprocity.
See, for example:
The following FReepers mention Hugh - BY NAME - on their individual profile pages as the reason that they found FR.
"I've lurked on Free Republic ever since I heard it mentioned on the Hugh Hewitt Show."
"Don't know where I'd been, but I only found this amazing site in March of this year, thanks to Hugh Hewitt's numerous plugs on his morning radio program."
Who knows how many OTHER new members (and LURKERS) have discovered Free Republic because of Hugh?