ladybug says she's been a reader, and I'll assume she's got her own ways of "fact checking." FR is a pretty good resource, but I will say that it is not only loaded with good information, it is also loaded with disinformation and falsehood.
ALWAYS, if a conclusion or contention matters to you for more than idle chit chat, do your own research, and try to to find the "authority" for the proposition, be it Congressional record, statutory law, full contents of remarks or a news report, and so on.
-- ... the media and Clinton surrogates distort. Free Republic readers, or Freepers, seem to get the news right. --
FR is a mixed bag, that's all I'm trying to say. I have often seen the majority of freepers run down trail based on falsehood. The herd instinct is at work here (on FR), too.
Yes I have been a reader here for a very long time and honestly have not found FR to be loaded with disinformation and falsehoods nor have a seen “herd instinct.” If I seen the majority of freepers “run down the trail based on falsehoods” I would not have continued to read or take the time to join and frankly don’t know why anyone who feels that way would. Of course the majority of people here agree on a lot of things since it is a site for like-minded conservatives. I have only read breaking news and latest articles so maybe it’s other places on the site.
Of course it is the internet so it’s a given that there will be trolls and/or people who just want to “stir the pot”
My profession is in the legal field so I definitely know how to research the truth and spot problem people
Yes, but you always have people here whose instincts you trust. You post or say something, and if it’s wrong you get zinged pretty quick.