Posted on 09/22/2004 11:46:12 AM PDT by Jenya
Edited on 09/22/2004 1:18:17 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Cool.
Now I realize that within this new alternative media there exists some jealosy,. I sense that some people don’t want to give the blogosphere the full credit. They have to parcel it out because every body wants a piece of the action; this is quite normal, this is human nature. The fact of the matter is that it was the blogosphere and it was a couple of sites: Powerline and FreeRepublic. And FreeRepublic has been one of the most impugned blogs / websites in the history of websites by the very institution that has been brought down.
When Dan Rather talked about partisan political operatives, he means those who lurk at FreeRepublic. Who is FreeRepublic, it’s ordinary Americans – liberals look down at ordinary Americans, don’t know have enough decision making power, [?] do the right thing, not smart enough …
You don’t know how much it grates on them at CBS that its something like FreeRepublic or one of their chat rooms or one of the FReepers there or the Powerline … you have no idea that it irritates them that that kind of person brought them down. An average, ordinary untrained journalist that … you just do not know how this irritates them inside. More than the fact that they got caught, it’s who caught them that irritates them.
And, so just as I started out … I was a fad, and I was a liar, and I made it up and I was bad for America and I posed threats to democracy, as the cover of Time said. So now the same things are being said about the bloggers. Fox news has had its turn and we all continue rotating in the criticism carousel of the left.
I wasn't dissing Rush. I was simply stating that it appears that FR is a major resource for his show. One stop shopping, is the way I look at it.
Eeeeeee! *head explodes*
MEGA Dittos, Rush!!! XOXO
WELCOME to this raucous, hilarious, often deadly serious Free Republic forum.
FReepers, brace yourselves for an onslaught of newbie posts and vanities.
These are sage and wise words.
PING to my Vigilant Kindred (VK's) - be watchful, My Brothers and Sisters, for the onslaught is about to begin!
Ah! The trend shall CONTINUE! See chart at the very bottom
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The week of 9-13 is a RECORD volume signups, folks.
Chart: Signups Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 2004.09.20 286 331 not available 2004.09.13 280 329 367 390 369 303 275 2004.09.06 203 201 169 249 277 345 242
no, he called it the pajamhadeen. I heard, the Mrs. heard it, the cat heard it....
Congressman Billybob
Welcome to Free Republic...but I must warn you this site is more addictive than crack cocaine (but then again...it will help you maintain your sanity) BTW, if you put the cursor on the persons screen name you will see when they signed on! Just one of many things you'll learn about this great site!
I read this here and I ran in to turn it on...
I feel so validated; it's amazing.
When Rush started talking about FreeRepublic, I turned to my mother and pointed at the radio:
"All these years you've asked me what I was doing on the computer, on 'that' website... THIS is what we were doing. We were saving the Republic!"
I actually looked for one with a laptop or PC but couldn't find one.
Oh...well...if the cat heard it. Then that's diff'rent!
"Don't forget to thank Pukin Dog for putting in words the significance of what we and the blogosphere have just done with respect to Rather/CBS. Click below for a reminder.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column, "The Manifesto of Pukin Dog" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217938/posts
Thanks for adding the link, Congressman Billybob. We all should remember his catalyst.
he's a pretty smart cat:)
Well, see, you ARE scary or dangerous!
/sarcasm
I understand that-and I was pointing out that we are on a 24 hour news cycle here and Rush is not-he is on for three hours a day.
Many of our stories , cauled from articles and opinions published while Rush is off the air, appear here first.
Rush has been on the air for for a long time, far longer than this FreeRepublic.com has even existed and would continue to well without us, but we compliment his efforts to enlighten America.
If he does use our site for a way to assess conservative opinion, that is great, and even if he pulls news tories from us, that is great--but I am certain Rush has hundreds of other sources to pull from....together we ALL COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER!
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things - that's what this country is all about
Someone else might want to store it on their site in case mine can't handle the traffic.
Ordinary Americans have dragged slowly but surely other big institutions to the truth. The big institutions were the last to arrive at the truth and some of them to this moment are still not there.Any transcription errors are mine. NVA
Now I realize that within this new alternative media there exists some jealosy,. I sense that some people don’t want to give the blogosphere the full credit. They have to parcel it out because every body wants a piece of the action; this is quite normal, this is human nature. The fact of the matter is that it was the blogosphere and it was a couple of sites: Powerline and FreeRepublic. And FreeRepublic has been one of the most impugned blogs / websites in the history of websites by the very institution that has been brought down.
When Dan Rather talked about partisan political operatives, he means those who lurk at FreeRepublic. Who is FreeRepublic, it’s ordinary Americans – liberals look down at ordinary Americans, don’t know have enough decision making power, [?] do the right thing, not smart enough …
You don’t know how much it grates on them at CBS that its something like FreeRepublic or one of their chat rooms or one of the FReepers there or the Powerline … you have no idea that it irritates them that that kind of person brought them down. An average, ordinary untrained journalist that … you just do not know how this irritates them inside. More than the fact that they got caught, it’s who caught them that irritates them.
And, so just as I started out … I was a fad, and I was a liar, and I made it up and I was bad for America and I posed threats to democracy, as the cover of Time said. So now the same things are being said about the bloggers. Fox news has had its turn and we all continue rotating in the criticism carousel of the left.
"I was disgusted to catch an MSM reporterette on Keith Olberman's show the other night, in dissecting Rathergate, referring to FReepers as radical .. Sure hope other FReepers saw it and got her name .. I think her first name was Barbara .. but I'm in a tizzy packing ..and didn't get it all." ~ STARWISE
I not only saw it, I have the whole interview on videotape. She is not a "reporter". She has her own blog which are published on DU, as you will see referenced here: http://www.ruminatethis.com/archives/000209.html
See my comments below, and also a link to her web site.
Freerepublic is "Radical" says MSNBC guest, Buckhead mentioned MSNBC ^ | 9/21/04 | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1222090/posts
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My post:
Tonight on his program "Countdown", one of Keith Olberman's guests was Barbara O'Brien, author of a new book entitled, "Blogging America".
Internet bloggers and the Dan Rather/CBS flap was the subject.
They talked about "Buckhead" while Olberman mentioned "Free Republic" and showed his picture with his real name under it - explaining that he had been "outed" by the L.A. Times.
In the last minute of the interview, while Olberman showed Free Republic.com on the TV screen, O'Brien said, "Free Republic is a radical web site."
She said that when the Dan Rather memo thing first broke she had made certain comments about it on her web blog, but eventually had to shut it down because some people were coming there and posting obscenities on it. She said, "Thats the way people who don't like George Bush are being treated these days."
Here is her website: http://www.mahablog.com/
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