What an ignoramus! Never heard of FR???
""Within a few minutes, I was online visiting Websites I had never heard of before: Free Republic, Little Green Footballs, Power Line," writes Mapes... "
"I thought NBC, CBS, and ABC were the only allowed sources of information. How dare these greasy little people try and upstage our attempted coup."
At least that's what Mapes was probably thinking.
No kidding. I had heard of FR long before I joined. Anyone who follows politics at all, would be familiar. I saw a FReeper rally on CSPAN once, Alan Keyes was speaking. After that, I checked out the website, lurked for a while, joined, and have been hooked ever since.
Just had my one year anniversary last month.