Comments on: Where can I find non-shrill political coverage? http://www.salas.com/2008/09/05/where-can-i-find-non-shrill-political-coverage/ Some stuff I just figured out Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: anon2 http://www.salas.com/2008/09/05/where-can-i-find-non-shrill-political-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-74755 anon2 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:17:07 +0000 http://www.salas.com/?p=2160#comment-74755 Politics is very much a media game in that it's about influencing opinion to garner advantage. On the right, there are sites like townhall.com and such. On the left is www.democracynow.org I think while they are left-leaning, they tend to be more objective than not as they are not commercially sponsored. Politics is very much a media game in that it’s about influencing opinion to garner advantage. On the right, there are sites like townhall.com and such. On the left is http://www.democracynow.org I think while they are left-leaning, they tend to be more objective than not as they are not commercially sponsored.

]]> By: anon http://www.salas.com/2008/09/05/where-can-i-find-non-shrill-political-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-44583 anon Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:07 +0000 http://www.salas.com/?p=2160#comment-44583 Not a "site", more of a "portal", but I find it has a good balance of articles from both sides, plus a very useful aggregation of a number of polls: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ Some say it is a "right-wing" site, but with articles like "Palin Knows Nothing About Foreign Policy" and "McCain's Blizzard of Lies" (NYT and Slate), that's a tough one to swallow. Not a “site”, more of a “portal”, but I find it has a good balance of articles from both sides, plus a very useful aggregation of a number of polls:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

Some say it is a “right-wing” site, but with articles like “Palin Knows Nothing About Foreign Policy” and “McCain’s Blizzard of Lies” (NYT and Slate), that’s a tough one to swallow.

]]> By: anon http://www.salas.com/2008/09/05/where-can-i-find-non-shrill-political-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-43816 anon Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:07:43 +0000 http://www.salas.com/?p=2160#comment-43816 I think what you're really saying is that politics is a media game. I think what you’re really saying is that politics is a media game.

]]> By: ScW http://www.salas.com/2008/09/05/where-can-i-find-non-shrill-political-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-43812 ScW Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:17:46 +0000 http://www.salas.com/?p=2160#comment-43812 Well, see that's a hard question to answer. I hate to say that media as a whole is liberally biased but I honestly believe that. That just happens as a result from the journalism schools and the general hierarchy in place within media as a whole. Any polls taken among journalists confirms the bias. So naturally, when you come across something that's conservative, it's like all the few stragglers clumped together and to your ears sounds rather shrill. But, that aside... The Washington Times (i.e. not the Post)... National Review and the Weekly Standard (but that'll sound very shrill to you I suspect). You may find that there are some columnists you can respect on the right. So if you're looking for thoughtful perspective, you might read columns by Thomas Sowell, Linda Chavez, Cal Thomas, and Michael Reagan. You can find many of their columns on townhall.com... you'll just have to wade through and focus on just the columnists you can stand to read. Well, see that’s a hard question to answer. I hate to say that media as a whole is liberally biased but I honestly believe that. That just happens as a result from the journalism schools and the general hierarchy in place within media as a whole. Any polls taken among journalists confirms the bias. So naturally, when you come across something that’s conservative, it’s like all the few stragglers clumped together and to your ears sounds rather shrill.

But, that aside… The Washington Times (i.e. not the Post)… National Review and the Weekly Standard (but that’ll sound very shrill to you I suspect).

You may find that there are some columnists you can respect on the right. So if you’re looking for thoughtful perspective, you might read columns by Thomas Sowell, Linda Chavez, Cal Thomas, and Michael Reagan. You can find many of their columns on townhall.com… you’ll just have to wade through and focus on just the columnists you can stand to read.

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