[EggsAckley]

RE: excerpting. I agree with all of you about the excerpting that's been going on. I mean, why FORCE us to go to the source, anyway? If the source is posted we will go there if we want.

I think Ben's onto something. I've been thinking the same thing lately. It is MOST annoying.

[George W. Bush]

I agree with all of you about the excerpting that's been going on.

I rarely click through on excerpted articles. If I do, I usually post the article myself. If I don't, I generally complain to the original thread poster about excerpting from non-verboten sources.

Excerpting is evil. It generates income for the liberal media outlets FR was founded to fight against.

[sweetliberty]

Is this you?

[cgk]

I agree COMPLETELY with the rampant excerpting going on, with the exception of the LAT/WP fiasco.

I've so far chalked it up to these reasons:

1. Too lazy to add all those < p>'s / format and/or don't know how to "view source"
2. Don't care.

I have pop-up blockers so pop-ups aren't one of my concerns, but what about people who don't? And what about those cookie-grabbers?

Often, when the excerpt doesn't grab me, I don't even bother to read the rest of the article. If the poster doesn't care enough to post it (i.e. show what's important), why should I care enough to read it somewhere else? I come to FR to read news/etc all in one place.