[Sacajaweau]

This News crap is a little frustrating. Why can't the News people just repress their desire to get out a "speculation" report instead of causing additional confusion. The combination of "crap news speculation" and "15 minutes of fame" witnesses, makes the investigators job harder and frustrates the crap out of everyone.

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[TomGuy]

Why can't the News people just repress their desire to get out a "speculation" report

Because...journalists have become lazy. They wait for the wire feeds and read them. Also, speculative retorting is easier than hard, investigative reporting.

Most major news stories over the last 40 years were broken by a few rogue reporters. All the other reporters just sat, waiting for the wire feeds.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The last I heard, this is the United States of America and we have a right of free speech and to openly and freely speculate. Free Republic in fact has been the initial source of a lot of breaking things and has been the impetus in many political and non-political actions. Your "crap news" may be a subjective value judgement. If you don't like this thread, or Free Republic, hit your browser button to go to a different website. Bye! ;-)

[AmericanInTokyo]

If your disgust is directed at our national news media then I was out of line. But if you include our own FR theorizing and using our minds that God gave us to try to put the puzzle together, then I think you are out of line.