One of the most valuable and truly amazing features about FR is the way it covers breaking events. Not sure if KOS, DU etc do that too?
It has never failed- i.e. if there’s an earthquake in some obscure part of the world- either a freeper is there- or their first cousin is and just sent the freeper an email which is passed on to us...
We all come here ASAP the instant there’s big news anywhere- and that includes the globe- not just the US and Canada.
Saying FR is a conservative website is incomplete- it’s that..and a helluva lot more.
.. when something’s happening- my first thought is to log on here - I know I’ll find out what’s REALLY going on in less time than any cable station. Freepers provide links to live coverage of the event within 5-10 posts...followed shortly by other in-depth links to give context to the story. (What does strip mining mean? The map for the campus at Virginia Tech etc)
Absolutely remarkable.
That is so true. This is the first place I go. I literally run to my keyboard and tap, tap, tap away. When my friend called me with news of the 35W bridge collapse, I actually already had the TV on, but was not paying attention. It had just happened, so there was no video yet—just a local reporter on the phone, but I ran to my computer. Sure enough, there was a thread already started.
This place ROCKS, as far as I am concerned.
Yeah...I had to laugh tonight when FOX’s Newswatch praised Drudge. It’s 50/50 (or more to our favor) who gets breaking news first.