...but worth repeating over and over! I read the whole article for the third time! We can never hear this too many times.
My comment posted previously:
This article and thread should remain on the FR forever so anyone who needs to remember why we are all here can review it. Or it should become suggested reading for new FReepers, when they sign up so they know the impact this site can have and that they/we are not alone anymore. What a great synopsis this is of the essence and spirit of the Free Republic and its members.
We have a voice that is being heard, thanks to Jim Robinson!
When we are united with one purpose, to expose the lies and deceptions of politicians and public figures our "voice" can be heard more clearly and more loudly than all the broadcasts of paid media "spinners" who are obligated to either their employers or a cause to which they have allied themselves. We are not obligated to anyone but ourselves, and our desire for truth and justice drives and unites us. We do not need the approval of a boss or board to research and post information. We do not owe favors to political entities, and we fear no threats from those in powerful positions. Ours is a mission for finding and exposing the real story - it is that simple.
Thanks to Jim we have been empowered as "Davids" who can bring down the Goliaths in the battle of disseminating information. Those giants are not so powerful anymore as they stand guard of all the hidden agendas and attempts to create and perpetuate the lies of their cohorts who desire only to destroy our freedoms and control our thinking. We know they are paying attention by their reactions to, and retaliations toward us. It is also obvious that they are running scared and loosing ground in this “war of the words” that they once controlled.
Thanks for the ping, M. I would have missed it.
"But the citizen journalist who broke the Rathergate story was not a blogger. He was a Freeper – a registered poster on the FreeRepublic.com message board, who called himself "Buckhead.""
This is a pet peeve of mine. The phrase "blogger" is being used in a loose way to refer to every independent comment on the web. It is completely confusing people.
Personally, I love Free Republic but find blogs boring.