Someone finally said it

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I don't watch much network news at all, unless I'm in an airport. Nothing against it, I'm just not home a lot to watch TV. I guess I just read a bunch of different papers with several viewpoints.

I go to realclearpolitics.com and read the articles that sound intriguing, this was one of them.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I go to realclearpolitics.com and read the articles that sound intriguing, this was one of them.

That's okay for a start, but I think anyone is better off reading/watching/listening to a variety of news sources from a variety of perspectives -- especially at least one or two news sources that typically do not represent your own views. You're not likely to get that with RCP.

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

That's okay for a start, but I think anyone is better off reading/watching/listening to a variety of news sources from a variety of perspectives -- especially at least one or two news sources that typically do not represent your own views. You're not likely to get that with RCP.

Ummm... yes you are?

Their top section articles, just from today, are from Chicago Tribune, Time, LA Times, NY Times, Boston Herald, Salon, Washington Times, RCP, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, Indianapolis Star, National Review, Miami Herald, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and the Wall Street Journal. If you include the editorials you can add on New York Sun, Washington Post, and San Diego Union Tribune.

That seems to be a pretty wide variety and cover both sides of the political spectrum. Salon and the Huffington Post are both very liberal, a number of the others are kind of liberal/liberal slanted, WSJ is kind of conservative/conservative slanted and National Review and Washington Times are both pretty conservative.

Seems to me like they have it covered.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Ummm... yes you are?

Their top section articles, just from today, are from Chicago Tribune, Time, LA Times, NY Times, Boston Herald, Salon, Washington Times, RCP, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, Indianapolis Star, National Review, Miami Herald, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and the Wall Street Journal. If you include the editorials you can add on New York Sun, Washington Post, and San Diego Union Tribune.

That seems to be a pretty wide variety and cover both sides of the political spectrum. Salon and the Huffington Post are both very liberal, a number of the others are kind of liberal/liberal slanted, WSJ is kind of conservative/conservative slanted and National Review and Washington Times are both pretty conservative.

Seems to me like they have it covered.

Maybe, though that hasn't been my (admittedly limited) experience with it. If they were pulling everything from all of those sources, maybe, but when you start deciding what to put up and what not to, I think perspective is going to come into play. Regardless of where they pull from, it has seemed to me that what they cull from those sources tips to the conservative side.

But maybe.

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Maybe, though that hasn't been my (admittedly limited) experience with it. If they were pulling everything from all of those sources, maybe, but when you start deciding what to put up and what not to, I think perspective is going to come into play. Regardless of where they pull from, it has seemed to me that what they cull from those sources tips to the conservative side.

But maybe.

Bevan (one of the founders of RCP) is certainly conservative.

I think the news sections manage to stay pretty neutral. The political strategy analysis (both in their blogs and some of the articles suggesting strategies that they link to) are looking at strategy for Republican candidates more often I think, but I would guess that's more because of their audience.

Whatever, I read most of the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal most days (trying to have one leaning each way), so I'm going to RCP for the strategy analysis anyways.