Media scooped on Palin's endorsement of Trump by a chat room

wash examiner ^ | 1-20-16 | T becket adams

[OL Hickory]

News that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would endorse Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary was first broken by people posting on an online chat forum, and not by members of the media.

[Marie]

Yes it does. It even links to the thread! lol!

[miss marmelstein]

Read further down. It does, indeed, say I was FR.

[gaijin]

I just googled it:

To go to Columbia’s School of Journalist for ONE year costs $84,000...!!!

That would be the most STUPID decision in the world —getting a degree in journalism.

We’re doing their jobs for free and we paid NOTHING to get qualified to do that.

[bigbob]

You’re supposed to read the article.

Congrats springwater13! You own the innerwebs!

[gg188]

Did someone ping JR? He deserves credit for the premier conservative forum, FR.

[Fiddlstix]

Just in case ppl here have forgotten FR had a great write up in the WSJ when the shuttle broke up on reentry.
WSJ noted that FR "scooped them all" by almost 15 minutes.
Photos of the breaking up over Texas were posted here 10-12 minutes before the MSM even reported anything.

[miss marmelstein]

Is it me, or is the term “chat room” very 90s?

[Henchster]

Let's start a list, stories that broke first on FR, we all know about FReeper Buckhead putting Dan Rather and Mary Mapes to pasture over "Fake but accurate" so we'll start the list there:

FReeper Buckhead - typewriter font too new for CBS Bush ANG letter.

[miss marmelstein]

Also, it shows you how lazy they are. They could have made these connections. But they’d rather steal someone else’s work by lurking around FR. Well, they did attribute in the end, I guess.

[Bratch]

Free Republic, an online forum for activists...

Ha!

The only thing I'm active at is moving from the recliner to the kitchen to make a sandwich.

[onona]

Nice going. Wrecked it for us all !!

:)

[JohnnyP]

“Chat Room” is pejoratively 90’s

[Jane Long]

Another story broken...right here at FR!!

Thanks to springwater13.

FReeper brigade strikes, again!

[miss marmelstein]

The reason I ask is that the “journalist” was not only lazy he’s apparently a total internet idiot.

[Company Man]

This is a coup on a par with the Dan Rather bust.

[Company Man]

And it seems to imply we’re all using IRC Relaychat in real time, or something.

[RoosterRedux]

Thx for the ping, Jane.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

According to this from the Washington Post, Free Republic broke the story.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/19/okay-so-is-sarah-palin-about-to-endorse-donald-trump/

[hoosiermama]

Sent a link of the thread as it was evolving to Drudge. And to Trump campaign email telling them they could watch us watching them. Trump -Palin WooWoooo

[hoosiermama]

JJs love child was also broken here