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===News, Analysis, Cultural Features, Magazines, Aggregators=== | ===News, Analysis, Cultural Features, Magazines, Aggregators=== | ||
| + | :*[http://www.aldaily.com/ Arts and Letters Daily] The Chroncicle of Higher Ed's aggregator for culutural news. | ||
:*[http://www.google.com/ig?refresh=1 iGoogle] - weather, customized aggregator for article links for news and interests | :*[http://www.google.com/ig?refresh=1 iGoogle] - weather, customized aggregator for article links for news and interests | ||
:*[http://www.economist.com/ The Economist] - international news, non-US perspectives, global: conservative free market, socially liberal | :*[http://www.economist.com/ The Economist] - international news, non-US perspectives, global: conservative free market, socially liberal | ||
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:*[http://www.humanevents.com/ Human Events] -- By it's own claim, "Leading conservative media since 1944." | :*[http://www.humanevents.com/ Human Events] -- By it's own claim, "Leading conservative media since 1944." | ||
| + | ===Alternative=== | ||
| − | + | :*Read More Wikipedia.com [http://www.readmorewikipedia.com/] | |
:*[http://www.truth-out.org/ Truth Out] - "Our Mission: Truthout works to broaden and diversify the political discussion by introducing independent voices and focusing on under-covered issues and unconventional thinking. Harnessing the expanding power of the Internet, we work to spread reliable information, critical thought and progressive ideas. Our Values: We are devoted to equality, democracy, human rights, accountability and social justice. We believe in the power of free speech, and know that democratic journalism can make the world a better place." | :*[http://www.truth-out.org/ Truth Out] - "Our Mission: Truthout works to broaden and diversify the political discussion by introducing independent voices and focusing on under-covered issues and unconventional thinking. Harnessing the expanding power of the Internet, we work to spread reliable information, critical thought and progressive ideas. Our Values: We are devoted to equality, democracy, human rights, accountability and social justice. We believe in the power of free speech, and know that democratic journalism can make the world a better place." | ||
Latest revision as of 03:32, 3 October 2011
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Contents
News and Current Information and Opinion
List your current news and information with a brief description of focus and bias.
National and International
- BBC - international news, non-US perspectives, us: liberal/socialist, europe:mainstream/centrist
- New York Times - national and international news, opinion, global: centrist/conservative, us: liberal/left
Local News
- Spokesman-Review - local news, centrist/conservative
- The Inlander - local news, liberal
News, Analysis, Cultural Features, Magazines, Aggregators
- Arts and Letters Daily The Chroncicle of Higher Ed's aggregator for culutural news.
- 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.
- Salon
- New York Review of Books - Opinion, Book reviews, notable work across many academic discipines
- National Review - Conservative U.S. -- smart peeps
- Heritage Foundation -- Used to be more of a think tank, stays connected with top conservative intellectuals.
- Human Events -- By it's own claim, "Leading conservative media since 1944."
Alternative
- Read More Wikipedia.com [1]
- Truth Out - "Our Mission: Truthout works to broaden and diversify the political discussion by introducing independent voices and focusing on under-covered issues and unconventional thinking. Harnessing the expanding power of the Internet, we work to spread reliable information, critical thought and progressive ideas. Our Values: We are devoted to equality, democracy, human rights, accountability and social justice. We believe in the power of free speech, and know that democratic journalism can make the world a better place."
Music and Movies
- LastFM - collaborative filter, basic information about artists
- Pitchfork - reviews of independent music
- 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)
Special Interests
Use this section for topics or interests that you follow aside from general news and cultural information.
Education
- Chronicle of Higher Ed [2]
Science
- Scientific American Scientific American
- Science NewsScience News
