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March 5th, 2010 at 11:11 AM | Congrats? (Score:1)
bouje
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Joined: 09/30/2008
MGoPoints: 4708

But why was it in your favorites tab to begin with?

"A house divided against itself cannot stand"

March 5th, 2010 at 11:22 AM | For a while (Score:1)
allinforM
Joined: 12/11/2009
MGoPoints: 161

I had all of the SE Michigan media tabbed: News, Freep, Annarbor.com, Mlive, etc. Just for easy looks.

March 5th, 2010 at 11:16 AM | over 6 months (Score:1)
wigeon
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Joined: 07/05/2008
MGoPoints: 2746

Not a single click, not a single perusal of the actual paper. Haven't missed it a bit, and will never look back.

 

Biz hundert azoi ve tsvantsik

March 5th, 2010 at 11:17 AM | Same (Score:1)
Bryan
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Here

I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge

March 5th, 2010 at 11:19 AM | Me too, (Score:1)
jblaze
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Joined: 08/29/2008
MGoPoints: 3176

although I'm not local to MI, so it is much easier.

"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt

March 5th, 2010 at 12:05 PM | I'm in your boat, Slappie (Score:1)
Blue_Bull_Run
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Joined: 11/25/2008
MGoPoints: 299

Not sure if we should congratulate the original poster, or ask him what took so long?

I removed that link the day they broke their stupid story. Any visits to their site since then are solely the result of posters around here making their typical "OMG EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT THE FREEP WROTE NOW" posts.

Usually I avoid them, but sometimes there will be five threads like that in a row, which leads me to become grouchy.

March 5th, 2010 at 12:20 PM | it pisses me off that (Score:1)
Smitty D
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Joined: 04/01/2009
MGoPoints: 187

the Free Press is the sunday paper. Anyone know why the News does not contribute?

We will have our vengeance- Michigan football 2010 

March 5th, 2010 at 12:37 PM | JOA (Score:1)
a2bluefan
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Joined: 12/29/2008
MGoPoints: 1802

Has to do with their Joint Operating Agreement, which originally came about in the late 1980s... originally called for a combined News/Freep publication on Sundays. A few years ago, the Freep started publishing its own Sunday edition again, with very little Detroit News content.

I automatically downvote "B1G"
March 5th, 2010 at 11:19 AM | Haven't looked at it... (Score:1)
BNags
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Joined: 04/13/2009
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since the dreaded practice hours article came out. Once you stop reading it, you realize how crappy of a paper it really is. You can get all the local news from detnews.com, and all your UM stuff right here!

 "We ARE Michigan...COME GET SOME!!!"

March 5th, 2010 at 11:22 AM | There are a lot of recovering (Score:1)
GoBlueScott
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Joined: 11/18/2008
MGoPoints: 62

newspaper readers here. Get yourself some coffee in the back. If you feel like talking, great. If not, that's OK too.

Meeting's about to start.

March 5th, 2010 at 11:24 AM | "My name is (Score:1)
allinforM
Joined: 12/11/2009
MGoPoints: 161

______ and I used to read the Free Press"

March 5th, 2010 at 12:57 PM | Hi (Score:1)
WreckingCrew
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Joined: 08/19/2009
MGoPoints: 141

"Hi _____________"

March 5th, 2010 at 11:30 AM | Why has it only been a week? (Score:1)
M-Wolverine
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Joined: 10/04/2009
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Why has it only been a week?

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

March 5th, 2010 at 11:31 AM | I admit to being a little (Score:1)
allinforM
Joined: 12/11/2009
MGoPoints: 161

curious about the follow-up to the NCAA allegations, so I spied it for a few days after that. But, no more.

March 5th, 2010 at 11:40 AM | I feel kind of like the guy who never used black tar heroin. (Score:1)
OHbornUMfan
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Joined: 01/22/2010
MGoPoints: 1887

How come I don't get any credit for having the judgement never to use in first place? All the accolades go to the quitters.

March 5th, 2010 at 12:46 PM | Freep-free since Sept. (Score:1)
UMphd
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Joined: 10/06/2008
MGoPoints: 81

I've noticed that since I gave up the Freep, I've lost 10 pounds and my skin has cleared up.

Go figure.

March 5th, 2010 at 12:56 PM | I used to read the Free Press (Score:1)
Dreisbach Turne...
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Joined: 06/30/2008
MGoPoints: 6788

I used to read the Free Press over the News, now I'm Free Press-free since September.

Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05

Space bitches, space.

March 5th, 2010 at 1:02 PM | When I politely emailed (Score:1)
wildbackdunesman
Joined: 07/16/2008
MGoPoints: 2583

When I politely emailed several people at the Freep legitimate questions that no one answered and they gave the run around on in print I knew it was a rag. I haven't been back on the website and won't.

March 5th, 2010 at 1:17 PM | More than a week? I've never (Score:1)
jsquigg
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Joined: 09/06/2009
MGoPoints: 1116

More than a week? I've never been a big MSM guy, but with that said, I've never really read the Freep even online and they only blipped on my radar because of Jihad. The only thing that could be held against me is that my wife likes Mitch Albom's books (Tuesdays with Morrie, 5 people you meet in heaven, etc.). Other than that, I could care less if the Freep went under.

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