Posted on 08/01/2007 11:30:14 AM PDT by Impeach98
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Posted By:
Melanie Morgan
Permalink Why Bill O’Reilly’s Attack on FreeRepublic.com are Unfair
Bill O’Reilly’s been making waves the past few weeks by focusing on the prevalance of ‘hateful’ content at the liberal website, Daily Kos. O’Reilly is particularly disturbed to see Democratic presidential candidates agreeing to speak at the annual YearlyKos convention that will take place August 2nd through 5th.
To show balance in his reporting, O’Reilly has unfortunately chosen to target the good people who visit the conservative website, www.FreeRepublic.com. Last night O’Reilly had on his show a friend of mine, Kristinn Taylor, who is a spokesperson for Free Republic, to defend the website from O’Reilly’s criticisms.
To his credit, O’Reilly noted that the amount of controversial content at FreeRepublic pales in comparison to that which appears on a near-daily basis at DailyKos.
As someone who visits FreeRepublic each day, and as someone who has contributed to the website’s fundraising drives, I feel compelled to speak out in defense of FreeRepublic from the critical comments made by O’Reilly.
FreeRepublic.com was launched in the infancy of the Internet, serving as a source for the sharing of news stories from around the world, and the chance to have an open dialogue on these stories. Soon thereafter, FReepers (as they are known), used the website to also organize grass roots efforts to allow patriotic Americans to mobilize efforts to make their voices heard in the public square.
As the Chairman of Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop organization, I’ve seen the impact that such efforts have had. Thousands upon thousands of proud, decent Americans who love their country have become informed of Move America Forward’s countless pro-troop rallies, care package shipments and calls for help to assist the heroic men and women of the United States military thanks to Free Republic.
To equate these decent and noble efforts with those of a website like DailyKos, which routinely denounces the U.S. military and the foundations of liberty that this nation cherishes, is dishonest and unfair.
I won’t stand for that, and I urge all the members and supporters of Move America Forward to show solidarity with the great Americans who participate at FreeRepublic forums.
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This September FReepers will once again use the FreeRepublic website to organize public displays of support for our troops and their missions in the War on Terror. This is the kind of good work these people do each and every day, and that deserves the respect and support from all of us who cherish this country and the leadership our nation provides in fighting the forces of tyranny and terrorism.
-- Melanie Morgan
Chairman, Move America Forward
www.MoveAmericaForward.org
Anyway to find out how many folks have joined here since Bloviator mentioned FR on his show? - #79, from Rb ver. 2.0From http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/weekday-report?r=s:http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/weekday-report?r=s #128, from Arrowhead1952
Chart: Signups Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 2007.07.30 71 80 132 89
I don’t know if Melanie Morgan supports what we’re doing in Iraq and Afghanistan but at least she supports our troops.
http://www.moveamericaforward.org/
I think Melanie and the folks at MAF are very much pro-victory in the war we’re in...she also posts a regular column at WorldNetDaily every Friday as well as her work at the MAF site and there’s a link to her own personal site at the link above.
bttt
Yes, I thought he was supposed to provide the documentation (that paper he was waving in his hand) to Kristinn today - well, has that happened??
IMHO, that’s the only issue that is relevant at this point in the game.
I’ve been out of the forum since last Wednesday...did he ever supply the documentation?
I think something was given, not sure what. Will have to try to find out.
I think something was given, not sure what. Will have to try to find out.
I’d greatly appreciate it. I want to see what the heck BOR was waving, but not showing, ‘the folks’ as he puts it.
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