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Columnists' Corner "Free Republic to Protest Rather “Fair and Balanced” Award" By Bob Johnson This Monday the Museum of Television and Radio will be honoring Dan Rather at the Beverly Hills Hotel for his life long commitment to fair and balanced news reporting. That’s right. To anyone familiar with the CBS Evening News, this might come as a surprise. For decades, anyone to the right of John Kennedy is firmly aware of Rather’s outright bias and left wing manipulation of the news. The suggestion is at best, comical. Of course, the Museum of Television and Film can honor anyone...

FRN Columnists' Corner "Fear and Loathing at Sports Illustrated " by Bob J Studies show the persuasiveness of liberal arguments are indirectly proportional to how quickly they reach for the ad hominem nazi or racist slur. Sports Illustrated's Assistant Managing Editor, Roy S. Johnson, dragged the magazine into the political arena Saturday with an ill advised E-Edition article taking ESPN to the woodshed for adding Rush Limbaugh as an NFL pre game commentator. The article was self-serving and partisanly liberal and lacked any pretense at objectivity, not to mention import to the well being of NFL football. The Assistant Managing...

Updated on 25 August 2002 The Real Nature of Politics and Politicians (Matt Lewis) The purpose of this segment was how to more successfully present our issues to voters and to the media -- whatever the issue might be. Political technology consists of: - Organization (of Time, Talent, and Treasure) - Communicating Matt Lewis provided some insight on how communication works depending on the type of campaign you have selected to prosecute. He stated that to run a volunteer campaign, ringing doorbells, etc. takes almost the same amount of time as that you would use to hire a consultant and...

Dear Freepers: I just returned from the First Annual Free Republic Network Convention in Las Vegas. The Free Republic Network Cruise last October was the most fun I've ever had in my whole life. The Free Republic Network Conference I just attended was the most informative and inspiring two days I've ever had in my whole life. The Free Republic Network is stretching its muscle, not by talk, but by action. The Free Republic forum is liberty's college. The Free Republic Network is liberty's workplace. If you attended, please use this thread to post your observations, comments and highlights of...