You know, I think it’s much simpler than that. I think when people can get their news fix from an angle that agrees with their political viewpoint they’re going to do it. I remember back to the 2000 election when I only had dial up. I NEEDED to hear the news from Rush. I couldn’t take the smug just below the surface celebratory tone from the MSM whenever it looked like Gore would be able to sue himself into the presidency. I still like Rush, but there is no longer any instance where I need to get my news from him. Thanks to FR, I can get my news when I feel like it and it’s convenient for me. I think a lot of NY Post readers fall into that same category. It just doesn’t make good economic sense for the NY Post to be giving FreeRepublic free publicity.
Nothing is that simple in politics, low level economics maybe.