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:*[http://www.city-journal.org/ City Journal]
 
:*[http://www.city-journal.org/ City Journal]
 
:*[http://thenation.com The Nation] - very liberal, downright socialist
 
:*[http://thenation.com The Nation] - very liberal, downright socialist
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:*[http://www.reason.com Reason] - liberatarian perspective, "open minds and free markets"
  
 
==Special Interests==
 
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:*[http://www.scientificamerican.com Scientific American]
 
:*[http://www.scientificamerican.com Scientific American]
 
:*[http://www.finewoodworking.com Fine Woodworking]
 
:*[http://www.finewoodworking.com Fine Woodworking]
:*[http://www.reason.com Reason] - liberatarian perspective
 
 
:*[http://www.sciencenews.org/ Science News]
 
:*[http://www.sciencenews.org/ Science News]
  

Revision as of 13:06, 20 September 2010

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Information Diet Source List

News and Current Information and Opinion

List your current news and information with a brief description of focus and bias.

  • BBC - international news, non-US perspectives, us: liberal/socialist, europe:mainstream/centrist
  • Corriere Della Sera - Italian news
  • New York Times - national and international news, opinion, global: centrist/conservative, us: liberal/left
  • Spokesman-Review - local news, centrist/conservative
  • The Inlander - local news, liberal
  • iGoogle - weather, customized aggregator for article links for news and interests
  • The Economist - international news, non-US perspectives, global: conservative free market, socially liberal
  • The Atlantic - news, features, hard for me to discern bias, but probably US liberal, International moderate.
  • The New Yorker - New York liberal. Very long articles written by very smart people.

Information about Books, Movies, Music

List sources for information about culture and arts.

  • New York Review of Books - Opinion, Book reviews, notable work across many academic discipines
  • LastFM - collaborative filter, basic information about artists
  • Pitchfork - reviews of independent music
  • The Inlander - local music/events, local: liberal
  • Meta-critic - Metacritic compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for movies, DVDs, music, television and games. Our unique Metascores show the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades.
  • Rotten Tomatoes - Internet Movie Review site
  • IMDB - Internet Movie Database
  • Amazon - collaborative filter site (and online store)

Sources for Balancing and Deepening Perspectives

Use this section to identify sources that would balance or diversify your primary trusted sources.

Special Interests

Use this section for topics or interests that you follow aside from general news and cultural information.