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LA TIMES: No Disputing It: Blogs Are Major Players (FreeRepublic.Com & Buckhead Mentioned!)
The LA Times ^
| Sept. 12, 2004
| Peter Wallsten
Posted on 09/12/2004 2:43:11 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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To: Buckhead
Really, really neat! Bravo!
To: xJones
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posted on
09/12/2004 7:48:26 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
To: airborne
They still do not get the fact that we are just as smart as they are. We believe in facts, not fiction. They like to make up stories to fit their beliefs. Where are the real journalists? They sure are not in the MSM! Guess that leaves us amateurs! Thanks go to everyone who helped break this story. FR is the best!
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posted on
09/12/2004 7:51:37 AM PDT
by
MamaB
(mom to an angel)
To: Judith Anne
FR has been the best place and the fasted news for me for the last four years. I need to get the bank card out and make a donation again now!
224
posted on
09/12/2004 7:54:32 AM PDT
by
ezo4
To: kcvl
We have the plans drawn up for some remodeling. A sound proofed media room is included. It has to be sound proofed since hubby had the sound and sub woofer so loud that it knocked my Precious Moments off the shelves and decapitated them. I was not a happy camper! We have a 62"? Pioneer TV with all the other stuff included. He likes to turn the sound down on a golf match and listen to cd's.
225
posted on
09/12/2004 8:00:18 AM PDT
by
MamaB
(mom to an angel)
To: MamaB
We do not have to get our news from the tv and radio any longer. Thanks to the internet, we get breaking news faster than they do.Au contraire -We Break the news faster than they do..!
And that is a BIG problem for them.
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posted on
09/12/2004 8:00:54 AM PDT
by
Wil H
To: MamaB
"They still do not get the fact that we are just as smart as they are."
I don't think they are as smart as we are. We look at an issue from all angles. They look at an issue from a left-leaning tilt, resulting in a skewed perspective.
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posted on
09/12/2004 8:03:27 AM PDT
by
airborne
(2/504 PIR - 'Devils In Baggy Pants')
To: West Coast Conservative
.
CBS' WALTER CRONKITE helped defeat Freedom for Vietnam long ago.
CBS' DAN RATHER is helping to defeat Freedom for America right now.
CBS = The Death of Freedom
.
228
posted on
09/12/2004 8:06:19 AM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: Always Right
Congrats, you're famous. But please remember that members of the MSM are sarcasm impaired, particular where the sarcasm involves the VRWC.
To: Mo1
Well, they TRIED to insult us, anyway. : )
230
posted on
09/12/2004 8:08:13 AM PDT
by
Politicalmom
( Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they're not entitled to their own facts -D. Rumsfeld)
To: West Coast Conservative
My advice is to try and get some kind of contingency framework together.
Why? Because the MSM is not going to take being eclipsed lightly. I predict you will see more attempts like the LA times episode, if not outright attempts to use the legislative process to limit what can and can't be said on the Internet.
Why legislative? Because there are politicians out there who also don't like the idea of being scrutinized too closely. And if the 'blogosphere' is truly becoming as powerful as surmised, it will soon be viewed as a threat by those who prefer to operate out of smoky back-rooms and drive policy by a wink and a handshake.
To: airborne
You are right. They want the news to be what their view is instead of the truth. They do not want to check out stories to see if they are true. FR does that.
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posted on
09/12/2004 8:21:01 AM PDT
by
MamaB
(mom to an angel)
To: kcvl
www.freerepublic.com
user: andreyf
password: imogos
LOL!
233
posted on
09/12/2004 8:21:42 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON)
To: West Coast Conservative
Buckhead: He's not heavy, he's my Netizen.
234
posted on
09/12/2004 8:23:21 AM PDT
by
Crawdad
(I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
To: LittleMoe
Registration dates before September 2004 will become a badge of pride. :)
To: dread78645
"The fear I have is: How do you know who's doing the Web logs?" What difference does it make? Why can't these idiots weigh the material on its own merits?
236
posted on
09/12/2004 8:29:22 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
To: West Coast Conservative
Another thing: I believe the MSM would be surprised, if not devastated, to view the combined Curriculum Verite of Free Republic. I didn't realize, nor ever had I considered, that there existed in the world, so many people who have the capability to debunk an assertion put forth by a major media organization (the veracity of the memos). To have so many people associated with one web site is even that much more powerful.
237
posted on
09/12/2004 8:34:48 AM PDT
by
Crawdad
(I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
To: Tench_Coxe
They don't have the resources anymore. Not that they will not try. But right now -- too many wagon trains have left Media City -- and they have too many fronts to try to hold. A totally hollow sycamore held up only by the rus toxicans vine surrounding it -- so empty and bleak even the squirrels have abbandoned it.
Add your metaphor here ...
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posted on
09/12/2004 8:40:06 AM PDT
by
bvw
To: West Coast Conservative; Jim Robinson
Great article. How many new sign ups have we gotten in the last week from all the publicity? Is there a way we can find that out?
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posted on
09/12/2004 8:45:11 AM PDT
by
knak
To: airborne
"It was amazing Thursday to watch the documents story go from FreeRepublic.com, a bastion of right-wing lunacy, to Drudge to the mainstream media in less than 12 hours," said Jim Jordan, a strategist for independent Democratic groups opposed to Bush.No wonder the Dems are on the run if this guy is one of their strategists.
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