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LA TIMES: No Disputing It: Blogs Are Major Players (FreeRepublic.Com & Buckhead Mentioned!)
The LA Times ^ | Sept. 12, 2004 | Peter Wallsten

Posted on 09/12/2004 2:43:11 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative

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To: West Coast Conservative

Hey Buckhead, oops, I mean Karl, good work! (end/sarcasm)

They failed to point out that it was Free Republic that scooped the MSM on the Shuttle breakup.

I wonder how many other news items have been first reported on Free Republic.

Does anybody keep a list?

They fail to recognize the significance of a diverse group of citizens with varying skills, connected in "realtime" with the power of the internet at their disposal.


21 posted on 09/12/2004 2:58:41 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: West Coast Conservative
"And what happens when this stuff gets into the mainstream, and it eventually turns out that the '60 Minutes' documents were perfectly legitimate...

How's that for a closing thought?

-PJ

22 posted on 09/12/2004 3:00:12 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: West Coast Conservative; WestVirginiaRebel
Col. Walter "Buck" Staudt --

When the FAMOUS post # 47 the other day on the FR thread first proved the forgery, it was posted by "Buckhead" as is mentioned above.

Hmmmmmmmmm. Col. "Buck" Staudt.

;-)

23 posted on 09/12/2004 3:03:35 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Free Martha Mitchell......... and Jail Teraaaaaayza)
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To: vbmoneyspender
"Here, here," wrote another. "But how do we know Buckhead is really not Karl Rove…. "

See post # 23.

;-)

24 posted on 09/12/2004 3:05:35 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Free Martha Mitchell......... and Jail Teraaaaaayza)
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To: Political Junkie Too
"And what happens when this stuff gets into the mainstream, and it eventually turns out that the '60 Minutes' documents were perfectly legitimate..."


The same thing that happens everyday when stuff gets into the mainstream media that aren't true. As if everything they print is factual. Not by a long shot, oh holier than thou, LAT.
25 posted on 09/12/2004 3:06:16 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: Howlin

Over here!!


26 posted on 09/12/2004 3:07:02 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (At CBS - "We don't just report news - we make it.......up.")
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To: Political Junkie Too
LOL!

And what happens when this stuff gets into the mainstream, and it eventually turns out that the '60 Minutes' documents were perfectly legitimate...

...never forget, theirs is a campaign based on H-O-P-E!

I'm afraid we're about to go thru one of those 15-minutes-of-fame things. MSMs are going to be trolling FR cherry picking nutty rants and comments trying to make us look like a bunch of lunatics.

Jim Robinson needs to post a "Welcome MSMs" thread informing them about FR.

27 posted on 09/12/2004 3:07:05 AM PDT by Timeout (My name is Timeout....and I'm a blogaholic)
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To: leadpenny

"Did anyone at the slimes get permission to print this in their 'for profit' publication?"

Good question. I'll bet the writer registered to see what FR was like.

You can be sure that media will monitor FR on a regular basis now, just as they have used DRUDGE for the past several years.


28 posted on 09/12/2004 3:07:59 AM PDT by billhilly (If you're lurking here from DU (Democrats unglued), I trust this post will make you sick)
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To: Happygal

Bugmenot.com comes in very handy for times like these.
rmo


29 posted on 09/12/2004 3:08:24 AM PDT by hewhowaits
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To: beyond the sea

Obligatory Freepers rock BUMP!


30 posted on 09/12/2004 3:09:16 AM PDT by lainde (Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)
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To: West Coast Conservative
"It was amazing Thursday to watch the documents story go from FreeRepublic.com, a bastion of right-wing lunacy, to Drudge to the mainstream media in less than 12 hours," said Jim Jordan, a strategist for independent Democratic groups opposed to Bush.

right-wing lunacy??

amateurs ??

Gee .. looks like they just insulted us

31 posted on 09/12/2004 3:10:12 AM PDT by Mo1 (Why is the MSM calling the Vietnam Vets and POW's a suspected group??)
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To: kcvl

god I'm slow
hehe


32 posted on 09/12/2004 3:10:49 AM PDT by hewhowaits
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To: West Coast Conservative
But apparently the entire thing was cooked up by a couple of amateurs on Free Republic.

These guys still don't get it.

33 posted on 09/12/2004 3:10:56 AM PDT by zarf
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To: dawn53
They fail to recognize the significance of a diverse group of citizens with varying skills, connected in "realtime" with the power of the internet at their disposal.

I'd only add that it's a diverse group of citizens willing to fact check their stories for them connected in "realtime" etc...

34 posted on 09/12/2004 3:13:06 AM PDT by not_apathetic_anymore
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To: capt. norm
The Democrats just love to become victims when they get caught with their thumb in the pie.

It's right up at the top in the 'Rat playbook ... I'm curious to see how Rather, after standing by his story on Friday evening, spins his way out of it this coming week. Will he use the Bush operatives set me up defense?

35 posted on 09/12/2004 3:13:09 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: Mo1; NYCVirago; TankerKC; Buckhead

Look what we have done..........LOL.


36 posted on 09/12/2004 3:13:19 AM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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To: leadpenny
Did anyone at the slimes get permission to print this in their 'for profit' publication?

Freepers have LONG memories, too.

37 posted on 09/12/2004 3:14:07 AM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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To: beyond the sea

"Buckhead"..could be a reference to neighborhood in Atlanta.


38 posted on 09/12/2004 3:14:29 AM PDT by Banjoguy (The most dangerous place in the world today, is in a womb waiting to be born.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

This exposure means we will be inundated with trolls and cut-outs. Man the turrets.


39 posted on 09/12/2004 3:16:43 AM PDT by spodefly (I've posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
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To: Banjoguy

The LA Times is wrong; he does not live on the East Coast.


40 posted on 09/12/2004 3:17:13 AM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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