Fresno Bee does a glowing story about FR on today's front page [View All]

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http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1002348.html

The headline at the bottom of today's front page: "Fresnan pioneers Web grass-roots conservatism." I'll spare you the flowery prose. But as of right now, there's exactly one reader comment on the story:

I've been a Free Republic member since 1999. I admire JRob and what he's done. But Free Republic today is very different from when I joined. Back then, it was about ideas about government reform; about rebellion from the dominant left-wing Presidency and press. Now its devolved into an often demented hate-fest against primarily Muslims. I cannot believe half the conspiracies I hear; rumors that even moderate Arab states (some of which base US troops) are trying to form a caliphate to take on the West. It is not uncommmon at all to hear the sentiment there that the only good Muslim is a dead Muslim. Now I'm not Muslim, but to hear this invective day in and day out is just sickening. Sadly, JRob has turned his forum over to the wrong crowd -- FreeRepublic hardly will serve as any meaningful community against Obama.

It's worth pointing out that as of yesterday, Barack Obama has taken the lead in drawn-out Fresno County vote-counting. Yet a big pic of Jim Robinson is what's on the front page of today's paper. Way to go, Fresno Bee.

On edit: Oh, The Bee accuses DU of copying FR!

For instance, Allen said, Free Republic was the first to let users set the agenda -- an approach later copied by the left-leaning Democratic Underground.