They will NEVER "get it". They think we are all a bunch of backward hicks that have no idea how to do anything. Just because they sit at the "mighty desk" and take telephone calls from "news sources" doesn't mean they have the market cornered on the truth. In fact, most of us are just as qualified as any of them to find the truth.
At least, we can tell if a document has been forged unlike many of them who have no experience in the military or know anything about how the military works. That's why so many people hate the MSM because they try to trash their readers by insinuating that we are too dumb to "understand".
They don't understand that we are sick of them!
"And that's the way it is." ~Uncle Walter
Sick? I'd say we are nauseated, disgusted, offended, provoked, appalled, tormented, agonized, and way too aggravated.
You forgot to add "in our pajamas", LOL!
Did you see the CBS guy on O'Reilly, saying CBS had checks and balances and that's why we should trust their stories, but the internet group sat at their computers "in their pajamas."
Sssshhhhh. Don' tell 'em. Wer' jus' ole' fellers havin us a jaw now. They kin think we's jus' poor lil' ole' ignurants.
After all, isn't it easier to dismiss those you believe beneath you than to ante up to a discussion with those who challenge your point, let alone your authority?
...and some of us are. LOL! ...all hail the collective power of the people.
I am very glad the media establishment thinks FR is a bunch of amateurs. They will always underestimate FR and that is a good thing.
FR was instrumental in getting GW Bush elected the first term and has been instrumental in getting him elected a second term.
The media doesn't get it and that is good.
The internet is crushing the leftist media and will continue to do so as long as we have the freedom to express our views.
And another thing the article fails to understand is that the anonymity of the posters makes for BETTER info...
Nobody can sit on their laurels or resume at Free Republic, you sink or swim based solely on the quality and documentation of the facts you add to the discussion.
And BTW, you're a particularly excellent swimmer ;-)
The lamestream Old Media is finally starting to understand that the internet is truly powerful.
Many of them will not make the transition, and will die.
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