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FreeRepublic just made "the Grapevine" on Brit Hume's show on Fox News...

Posted on 01/11/2005 3:34:26 PM PST by kcvl

Anyone else hear it?


TOPICS: Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brithume; congrats; fnc; foxnews; fr; rathergate; ratherreport
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To: BigSkyFreeper

LOL, great tagline! ;-D


201 posted on 01/11/2005 11:47:59 PM PST by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: kcvl
I had a chance Tuesday morning to get on Quinn in the Morning (Quinn@warroom.com) in Pittsburgh (he's on the net), and make him hip to the fact that FR was FIRST on this! He had been trying to tell his audience that Powerline was first. I set him straight, and then he went on to graciously applaud FR for its power, diligence and authenticity!

and, check this out...

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Anatomy of a Freeper

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1303577/posts

For those of you who just stumble around Instapundit, Hugh Hewitt, Powerline or The Corner, and a couple of internet sites to get your dose of non-Ratherised news, you may not have ever heard of a "Freeper". In a minute, I'm going to use the following example to give you a window into their world.

Freepers are people who post to a rather interesting bulletin board service called Free Republic. A lot of my blogging friends know about them, but surprisingly enough, not very many of them view them as a news source they visit frequently. I think the Freepers are an essential element in gathering news. If you go in with the right mindset, and know what you are looking for, it can be a goldmine of information.

Hugh Hewitt has often called freepers the Coast Watchers of the new media. When news happens, either in print, on radio, or on television, someone will post a link, and much of the meat of the story, as the beginning of a thread. Within minutes, if the story is juicy enough, just like flies, freepers all over will descend on the story and give their two cents worth.

Here's where the discernment of the person surfing has to come in. There are saboteurs who will immediately try to spin the story, especially if it's political, and there will be people from every walk of life taking their shots until the end of the thread takes the original picture the story paints and turns it into a Picasso.

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nice, eh?

202 posted on 01/12/2005 2:28:39 AM PST by beyond the sea (Andrea Mitchell is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: kcvl

Man, it's the next morning and I missed it. I had to take a shower...


203 posted on 01/12/2005 2:30:47 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Are the leftists still allowing us to say 'Happy New Year'?)
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To: hambran
minutes after the report was given

check this out from: Anatomy of a Freeper......http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1303577/posts

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For those of you who just stumble around Instapundit, Hugh Hewitt, Powerline or The Corner, and a couple of internet sites to get your dose of non-Ratherised news, you may not have ever heard of a "Freeper". In a minute, I'm going to use the following example to give you a window into their world.

Freepers are people who post to a rather interesting bulletin board service called Free Republic. A lot of my blogging friends know about them, but surprisingly enough, not very many of them view them as a news source they visit frequently. I think the Freepers are an essential element in gathering news. If you go in with the right mindset, and know what you are looking for, it can be a goldmine of information.

Hugh Hewitt has often called freepers the Coast Watchers of the new media. When news happens, either in print, on radio, or on television, someone will post a link, and much of the meat of the story, as the beginning of a thread. Within minutes, if the story is juicy enough, just like flies, freepers all over will descend on the story and give their two cents worth.

Here's where the discernment of the person surfing has to come in. There are saboteurs who will immediately try to spin the story, especially if it's political, and there will be people from every walk of life taking their shots until the end of the thread takes the original picture the story paints and turns it into a Picasso.

When the Rathergate story broke, there were responses, theories, and updates literally every time you hit the refresh button. Freepers are very much part of the face of new media. They are also very much a part of the blogosphere.

The speed at which news travels on sites like this is the reason why liberals can no longer dominate the media and control the spin to suit their agenda. The news moves too fast. There are too many people who see stuff and post it, and there are too many smart people to praise it and spread it around if it has merit, and dissect it like a frog in biology class if it's bogus.

In cases like Rathergate, a bogus story can be proven false, spread all over the world, and completely discrediting of the original reporter before he/she comes to work the next morning.

204 posted on 01/12/2005 2:39:42 AM PST by beyond the sea (Andrea Mitchell is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: beyond the sea

Very nice.


205 posted on 01/12/2005 2:48:52 AM PST by kcvl
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To: martin_fierro; hole_n_one

Thanks for the screen captures. The FR logo looks pretty good up there, doesn't it?


206 posted on 01/12/2005 4:14:06 AM PST by snopercod (Due to the graphic nature of this tagline, viewer discretion is advised.)
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To: martin_fierro; Howlin
nice! great! excellent! Primo!

Howlin, I passed your email to Brit along to Quinn in The Morning. (Quinn@warroom.com) I told him on air yesterday of FR's prime part in this. He plays piece's from Brit's show on his radio show each day, so I'm listening.

"Credit where credit is due" -- excellent!

207 posted on 01/12/2005 4:18:14 AM PST by beyond the sea (Andrea Mitchell is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: beyond the sea
takes the original picture the story paints and turns it into a Picasso

So, now we're Picassoes in PJs, huh????? lol

Whurz mah paintbrush????
208 posted on 01/12/2005 5:40:49 AM PST by TomGuy (America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
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To: TomGuy
Picassoes in PJs

Yep. The threads end up being Picassos and we have the pajamas.

209 posted on 01/12/2005 6:01:02 AM PST by beyond the sea (Andrea Mitchell is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: nutmeg
Hume-FR Wallpaper

1024 x 768 Pixels, 190K, Jpg format

Right click on link and select "save target as..."
210 posted on 01/12/2005 6:05:54 AM PST by TomGuy (America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
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To: Phsstpok

The DU folks are going to be way too busy authenticating the RatherGate memo.


211 posted on 01/12/2005 6:09:01 AM PST by Pharmboy (Listen...you can still hear the old media sobbing.)
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To: TomGuy; lainie
Link to Hume mention of FR.

Thank you very much!! It's on my hard drive now. Lainie, did you see this??

212 posted on 01/12/2005 6:41:42 AM PST by CedarDave (I have a new puppy; unlike the Dems he will quit whining when he grows up.)
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To: nutmeg

Thanks for the ping!


213 posted on 01/12/2005 9:34:03 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: CedarDave

heh...no I sure didn't. I've had local news on all week. Cool.


214 posted on 01/12/2005 10:04:31 AM PST by lainie
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To: Howlin

The media have been using us for a long time and now finally are willing to be seen with us in public.


215 posted on 01/12/2005 4:27:48 PM PST by firebrand
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To: LadyJMayo
Hey! Maybe we can make Brit an "honorary" member of the Pajama Patrol, and send him one of the badges.

I didn't ping you to the right post on the other thread so I'll just drop the pic here:

Ahem, some artistic license was taken ;^)

FGS

216 posted on 01/12/2005 6:45:25 PM PST by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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To: ForGod'sSake

There we go! THAT is exactly what I want to see. Wouldn't that be cool? (Thanks! Great job photoshopping! That one is a keeper.)


217 posted on 01/13/2005 5:28:07 AM PST by LadyJMayo
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To: Parthalan

ping! :-)


218 posted on 01/13/2005 5:29:33 AM PST by LadyJMayo
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To: nutmeg

Thank you so much for this great ping list!!!


219 posted on 01/13/2005 2:12:11 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (It's a grave misfortune that the weak of mind aren't also the weak of tongue.)
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To: kcvl; All; Everybody
Free Republic
2004 Eagle Award
Winners!

Media
Britt Hume and Fox News

Congratulations to Fox News and Brit Hume!


220 posted on 01/15/2005 10:04:43 AM PST by Eagle Awards 2004
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