Posted on 04/01/2008 7:04:03 PM PDT by kristinn
Bump for later.
Thanks, granny.
Pinging mike1sg.
What they fail to mention, however, is that Free Republic is not a "blog". It is a "Forum".
Just like the Roman Forum may have contained thousands of people on a given morning, from Cicero to Julius Caesar to a Vestal Virgin to a centurion to a Greek slave to a street urchin, Free Republic's Forum, on any given day can contain thousands of people with more collective experience that 60 Minutes could ever assembled in one place.
From practicing law to presiding over the Roman Senate to performing religious ceremonies to planning a military campaign to conquer all of Gaul to fighting in the ranks of a Legion to teaching mathematics to cooking a banquet for 50 people to stealing a purse, somebody at the Roman Forum at that particular morning had years of personal experience at it.
Likewise, the experience of the Free Republic Forum is not merely individual but collective.
From writing software to performing surgery to landing an F-14 on the deck of a carrier to writing military memos with 1970's era typewriters, a FReeper in the Free Republic Forum has been there and done that.
The "multiple layers of checks and balances at 60 Minutes" amount to what? A couple of dozen staffers?
Free Republic's multiple layers of checks and balances are composed of thousands of individuals with more decades of collective experience than the entire 60 Minutes research department has years of life.
FREE Republic rocks!
Bingo!
In the days of media monopoly you would call BS and toss something at the TV.
The wife and kids would look at you like you were crazy and the dog would flee the room...and your words fell on deaf ears.
Now with the internet, you call BS and there is another follow who understands and seconds the opinion, and a third.. and the word spreads and soon, thanks to folks like Newsbusters FR,Powerline and Little green footballs, the lie is exposed.
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NEVER FORGET
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CLARITY =
DAVID SHAW: RATHER’s work ‘Sloppy, Slipshod’ not Liberal..?
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227809/posts
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NEVER FORGET
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OUTSTANDING!...;0)
The recognition is deserved - FR continues to be of tremendous
assistance to many!
The recognition is deserved - FR continues to be of tremendous
assistance to many!
There was that picture of the Iraqi woman holding two fresh cartridges in her hand; the caption claimed that they had penetrated her home and caused whatever sort of havoc.
Bringing down those responsible for the faked National Guard story was fun back in 2004.
I’d say that the *power* of discussion forums is in their feedback loop...lots of people can get involved in a conversation quickly, and they can rapidly adjust to new information as it becomes known to the group.
It’s similar in that “feedback” quality to how capitalism sees markets adjust prices based upon feedback from producers (supply) and consumers (demand).
And anytime you can compare a new paradigm directly to the radical and uber-powerful force of capitalism, you’ve got yourself a new winner.
I’m proud to be part of it.
Dunno what I can contribute, but I’m happy.
So I can read my posts...
I'm still doing it. There's a whole lot of stuff I don't say because it just wouldn't be cool.
So there. Come and get me, copper.
LOL!
BTW, so far, it's quiet this morning.
Well put. And the MSM doesn’t understand that, and probably is structurally and ideologically incapable of ever understanding that.
Additionally, reputable blogs not only fact-check the lazy or intentional misreporting of the drive-by’s but they fact check each other.
A reputable blog will correct and acknowlege any inaccuracies and provide all substantiating links.
FR bump!
Documents Suggest Special Treatment for Bush in Guard [post 47]
They do mention it. From the reports introduction:
Despite the fact that the initial questions about the CBS story were posted on a discussion forum instead of a blog,
Those two sentences make me smile.
CBS executive Jonathan Klein said of the bloggers, “You couldn’t have a starker contrast between the multiple layers of checks and balances (at 60 Minutes) and a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing.” 2
Pajama Patrol still trumps the [nonexistent] multiple layers of checks and balances at CBS.
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