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BREAKING: WHAT IS THE "MOST TRUSTED" NEWS SOURCE IN THE WORLD? FR by 2x Fox; FR over ALL the rest
Gov.com poll ^ | 12/6/01 | Gov.com poll

Posted on 12/06/2001 12:55:34 PM PST by Diogenesis

BREAKING: WHAT IS THE "MOST TRUSTED" NEWS SOURCE IN THE WORLD?

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GoGov Poll

You've already voted, but here are the current totals:
Which news source do you most trust?
  
FoxNews  (344)

27%

  
CNN  (44)

3%

  
ABC, NBC or CBS  (62)

5%

  
Drudge Report (internet news site)  (39)

3%

  
Free Republic (Internet news forum)  (723)

58%

  
None of the above  (26)

2%


Total Votes: 1238


GoGov.com



TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foxnews; fr
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To: Gimlet
keep in mind this is on gogov.....gogov has a bunch of rightwingers like us....so it does not have any true reflection of FR's status.
61 posted on 12/06/2001 1:49:22 PM PST by rwfromkansas
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To: Nita Nupress
Works fine for me.
62 posted on 12/06/2001 1:49:23 PM PST by 4CJ
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To: Diogenesis
this poll was freeped.......but I agree with the conclusions
63 posted on 12/06/2001 1:52:06 PM PST by The Wizard
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To: Nita Nupress
Yes, I got your self-search, too.
64 posted on 12/06/2001 1:52:49 PM PST by stanz
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To: T. McVeigh
T. McVeigh - member since December 4th, 2001. Welcome to FR.
65 posted on 12/06/2001 1:53:40 PM PST by 4CJ
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To: T. McVeigh
Is it because of threads like this ? WHO'S TRULY BEHIND THE ATTACK ON AMERICA

No, it's not.

66 posted on 12/06/2001 1:57:16 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Diogenesis
My right fist is clinched .... I'm thrusting it into the air and yelling 'YES .. YES .. YES!'
67 posted on 12/06/2001 1:58:17 PM PST by layman
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To: Nita Nupress
i don't want this thread to be about Nitz's cookies

Me either, you flirt. My son lurks here :-)

68 posted on 12/06/2001 1:59:01 PM PST by katykelly
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To: katykelly
Enough, everyone. I don't want this thread to be about Nitz's cookies.

after all, this is a family forum.

(-:

69 posted on 12/06/2001 2:01:24 PM PST by glock rocks
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To: dalereed
I'm convinced that the news papers lurk here to decide which stories to print. The San Diego Union Tribune has gotten to be like reading the posts of yesterdays FreeRepublic breaking news and front page news threads.

Very interesting. Have you noticed if that trend just involves neutral, current-events type of news? Or does it also include articles that most liberal media won't print because they don't want the public to know?

70 posted on 12/06/2001 2:01:25 PM PST by Nita Nupress
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To: katykelly; Dog Gone
Me either, you flirt. My son lurks here :-)

Don't worry... I'm all talk and no action. Just ask Dog Gone. He'll vouch for me. ;-)

(So-o-o-o...... what's your son's name and age, anyway?)

71 posted on 12/06/2001 2:08:32 PM PST by Nita Nupress
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To: Diogenesis
What? lewrockwell.com is not on the list?
72 posted on 12/06/2001 2:11:59 PM PST by scottiewottie
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To: T. McVeigh
Is it because of threads like this ? WHO'S TRULY BEHIND THE ATTACK ON AMERICA

Do you wipe with your tinfoil helmut after your visit to the potty?

73 posted on 12/06/2001 2:12:17 PM PST by elbucko
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To: Diogenesis
Gee, I wonder why DU or bartcop didn't even make it as a choice? (/sarcasm)
74 posted on 12/06/2001 2:16:14 PM PST by Feiny
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To: xm177e2
Of course, this isn't a scientific poll =)

You're right. In a "scientific" poll, CBS, ABC, and NBC wouldn't have been listed as "news sources."

75 posted on 12/06/2001 2:20:20 PM PST by Exigence
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To: Nita Nupress; Dog Gone
Dog Gone? Is he that guy that looks like Eric Clapton?
76 posted on 12/06/2001 2:35:26 PM PST by katykelly
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To: All
Voting Poll Still Open

CLICK HERE to VOTE: Which news source do you most trust?

- FoxNews
- CNN
- ABC, NBC or CBS
- Drudge Report (internet news site)
- Free Republic (Internet news forum)
- None of the above
77 posted on 12/06/2001 2:49:07 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: Diogenesis
I have to say I'm uncomfortable with Free Republic's being touted as a "news site".

I'd always thought of this as a place to strip the fact from the fiction in news articles ... particularly mainstream ... and the posting of foreign or obscure sources which fed the research and running commentary of cliques interested in same for whatever reason.

I guess where we're simply posting information from trusted sites (such as WND), I don't understand why it's not left to a heads up with a link to the story.

Since we're precluded from posting full-length from the major new conglomerates, the excerpting of particularly egregious bits of writing excerpted for tarring, feathering and correcting should serve as the example.

I realize it's different strokes for different folks but I worry that many consider some kind of chat room with a mainstream news ticker where folks leave off discussing their favorite song, their ideal sex mate or oohing and aahing over pix of George W. and Anna K. to go cheer the government or jeer other posters and still consider it a political site or one devoted to rooting out corruption by defending the Constitution (AND DECLARATION) to the letter and exposing, not rationalizing, its abuses by our leadership.

Were we not already the target of those who claim we're stealing their hard work only to provide a "news site" for free, it would be one thing. I think the continued viewing of Free Republic as a news site -- rather than a Truth site -- portends ill for the only truly valuable service the place ever provided.

I'm just as grateful as the next guy for the friendships formed and the lively contact with current events. I think of far more lasting and singular import is the education I've received here.

Where the forum has denigrated into "Bush Lovers" and "Bush Haters" who simply spew personal insults, it's become relatively worthless save as some sort of Pep Club for the President.

Worse, where it's sucked away the regular visits to JWR, WND and other independent sources on whom we rely for the bulk of our "thumbs up!" coverage, Free Republic may be in part responsible for their going under because they -- unlike the monolith sort of liars who sue us -- never balked at our lifting their content but just begged us to click a banner or two.

78 posted on 12/06/2001 2:58:29 PM PST by Askel5
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To: Diogenesis
Voted! Go FReeRepublic, the "most trusted" news source in the world!
79 posted on 12/06/2001 3:02:51 PM PST by newslady
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To: Romulus
What we do with the news is more about analysis and commentary. You could not go to any mainstream news organization's website--or all of them--and hope to see the same content we see here.

So very true.

80 posted on 12/06/2001 3:03:07 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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