Hoo-yah

[first published: August 7, 2008]

Here is how FreeRepublic describes itself:

"Free Republic is the premier online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America. And we always have fun doing it. Hoo-yah!"

Hoo-yah? is this site based in Texas or something? [nope, Fresno]. And what does FreeRepublic mean by "we always have fun doing it"? They mean publishing the "best" in sneering, destructive, bash-journalism and commenting available on the Unregulated Internet - thereby giving conservatives lots and lots of stuff to laugh at (Hoo-yah!), which is also shared among peers and a wide audience on the internet.

This website/blog has, sadly to report, become very popular in the Southland.

More needs to be said about FreeRepublic, and its connection to our local, liberal journalists and our newspapers.

Jim Jordan, a strategist for independent Democratic groups opposed to Bush, calls FreeRepublic nothing less than "a bastion of right-wing lunacy".

The New York Observer calls it: "the fiery online conservative forum" and a "controversial site", even among conservative bloggers!

Meanwhile, their name alone is a mis-nomer, since the site has been "outed" for Censorship [which means, good-bye to "Free"-speech!]

So who turns up in this conservative "bastion of lunacy" but several of our prominent Liberal journalists, including Steve Lopez [aren't they making a film of his book?] and Pasadena's own liberal journalist-in-residence, Larry Wilson.

Wilson is, however, in "good" company over at the [not-so-]FreeRepublic.

For instance, LA Observed [no surprise to me since I "outed" Kevin Roderick openly sourcing an anonymous blogger in HIS post bashing Pasadena Now. He even gives anonymous bloggers a pet name on his blog: "Anony-bloggers"] has been openly swaping stories with them at least since 2003.

Local journalists participating in a fiery online conservative forum? a forum that openly states its Mission: to champion causes which further conservatism in America? for years?

does this add up? or, yeah it adds up, to a whole lot of trouble for readers looking for the truth and fairness in Southland journalism.

What are prominent Southland "liberal" journalists doing furthering conservatism in America? And how often is that done by attacking our public schools?

Having fun?

Hoo-yah??

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