I've relied on FR to get breaking news since I've been here. I first heard about the 9/11 attacks on FR because I was trapped in a cubicle.
/johnny
Not quite so old — I’m 35 and joined FR in ‘01 basically because i was disgusted with the entire tv media available. I wasn’t too political, I credit FR with confirming my conservative nature and FReepers for making me understand why I always felt the conservative viewpoint had more logic to it (and yes, our viewpoint is more logical than a liberal view)