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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:23 AM
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Oh, Yuck! I accidentally wound up at FR!
Edited on Tue Dec-06-05 10:36 AM by mcscajun
:puke:

My ISP (Earthlink) has a Local News feature on the home page, and I monitor Baton Rouge news as well as my own, and that of another friend's hometown. This morning, I click on one of the stories, to find it's a link from FR! :WTF:

I'm writing to Earthlink (as soon as I figure out just where to direct this e-mail) to let them know that I do NOT consider FR to be a News Source -- and ask them to remove it from their topic sweeper software.

I think I need a shower now. Ugh.

Here's what I sent to Earthlink, under the category of "Feedback/Complaint/LocalNews":

This morning, I clicked on one of the stories in the Baton Rouge section of my Local News, to find I'd wound up on Free Republic.com!

This site is a right-wing message board; it is NOT a legitimate news source, and I was offended and disgusted to find I'd been routed there under the guise of "news".

If you're going to start adding message boards and blogs to your news sources, then Please Say So; and if you feel it necessary to promote Free Republic, then please also add DemocraticUnderground to your topic-sweeper software to provide balance in reporting.

Personally, I'd be happy if you just removed Free Republic from whatever topic-sweeper software you are using and left it at that. I hate giving hits to that site, but more than that, I hate the thought of it being considered a legitimate source of news.
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:25 AM
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1. A good emetic is usually sufficient.
Syrup of Ipecac does the job nicely.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:37 AM
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3. Good one!
:silly:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:30 AM
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2. Don't forget to delouse
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 11:00 AM
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7. Damn! I have to do *that*, too?
Ugh.

:)
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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:41 AM
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4. Good for you!
Humorously, Drudge decided the same thing, some years ago.

It was a serious blow to the freepsters.

That aside, I think it has to be a serious shock to anyone affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita to have to go through a wingnut site just to get news of BR. I hope Earthlink pays attention.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:43 AM
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5. I'll keep DU posted as to Earthlink's response.
So, even Drudge decided to drop them? Interesting. :)
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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:46 AM
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6. Yes, and I remember reading their anxious posts about it.
He also dropped Newsmax. Apparently some things are impossible for even Drudge to justify as "news".
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 11:12 AM
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8. For a second there, I thought you Googled
"Hysterical batshit moronic rantings" and took one of the first 50 redundant listings . . .
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 11:44 AM
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9. Great line!
:rofl:
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