[lesko]

Don't get too excited. The 'masses' that vote for their 'beloved' Democrats don't vote in polls like this.

[VRWC_minion]

GoGov Poll

Which news source do you most trust?
	FoxNews  (360)	26%
	CNN  (44)	3%
	ABC, NBC or CBS  (66)	4%
	Drudge Report (internet news site)  (40)	2%
	Free Republic (Internet news forum)  (835)	60%
	None of the above  (27)	1%
Total Votes: 1372

[cascademountaineer]

Cool info, thanks for the post.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

GoGov Poll

Which news source do you most trust?
	FoxNews  (363)	26%
	CNN  (44)	3%
	ABC, NBC or CBS  (68)	4%
	Drudge Report (internet news site)  (40)	2%
	Free Republic (Internet news forum)  (852)	61%
	None of the above  (27)	1%
Total Votes: 1394

[Texaggie79]

I hate to burst any bubbles but those small, feeble numbers under the names are the amount of votes. This poll is quite insignificant. Anything under at LEAST 10,000 votes is pretty much a school yard poll.

[The Wizard]

this poll was freeped.......but I agree with the conclusions

[layman]

My right fist is clinched .... I'm thrusting it into the air and yelling 'YES .. YES .. YES!'

[scottiewottie]

What? lewrockwell.com is not on the list?

[Feiny]

Gee, I wonder why DU or bartcop didn't even make it as a choice? (/sarcasm)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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

[Askel5]

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.

[newslady]

Voted! Go FReeRepublic, the "most trusted" news source in the world!

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[Defender2]

CNN = Communists News Network, CBS = Communist Bull Sh*t, NBC = Nothing But Communists, ABC = All Bullsh*t Communists, MSNBC = Matthews Sucks Nothing But Communists, C-SPAN1 = Commies - SPAN1, C-SPAN2 = Commies - SPAN2, TBS = TASS Bull Sh*t, PBS = PRAVDA Bull Sh*t!!!! Fairweather(whichever way the wind blows, including O'Reilly)FOX sometimes ROCKS!!!! Mike Savage, Bob Dornan and The Mighty Maja Rushie, Rush Limbaugh, RULES the Airwaves(O'Reilly you only wish you were that good)!!!! FREE REPUBLIC IS THE BEST NEWS NETWORK!!!!:-)

[Psycho_Bunny]

Obviously a rigged poll. Democratic Underground isn't even listed.

[floriduh voter]

I just voted and Free Republic is up to 64%. Whether this is scientific or not, it shows where people on the internet who want the latest, most accurate news are going on their timetable, without having to watch that guy selling computer learning, etc.

[ken21]

one would be hard put to find a more xenophobic forum than fr.