[Crawdad]

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.

[ladyjane]

the capability to debunk an assertion put forth by a major media organization

It's no contest. Journalism majors are not the sharpest crayons in the box. They seem to be lacking in the integrity column also. FReepers have them beat - hands down!

[sweetliberty]

Another wonderful thing about FR is that it truly levels the playing field. Everyone here who is intellectually honest has something valuable to contribute, and it makes no difference if you're a teacher or a student, an engineer or assembly worker, a doctor or the secretary in the front office, an author or a reader, a Walmart administrator or the greeter at the front door, a librarian or the bum that comes in off the street to use the computer. That goes a long way to eliminate the kind of elitist snobbery that permeates the MSM. I think that's why the anonymity bugs them so much. Heck, we could even be getting fed information from closet conservatives on their own "teams" who are fed up with their BS. They can't really attack or discredit someone about whom they nothing, other than a FReeper screen name with a grasp of facts that confounds them.