Political Blogs

Huffington Post

      The Huffington Post is an American news blogging site. It focuses on current events and looks at it from a liberal point of view. Huffington Post has many articles in which journalists are free to post their opinions. And since they have access to the news and sometimes other resources, the Huffington Post is pretty accurate and reliable. However it would be better if more of the articles were written by people doing the research for themselves instead of just writing what the news says in their own words.The authors are allowed to express their opinions and that makes the articles and posts biased. For example, Jason Linkins wrote about the Ebola breakout in his post called “Worrying About Ebola Coming Over The Border Is The Hot New Thing In Paranoid U.S. Politics.” He said,“And people really should not stoke fears that the U.S. is under some imminent threat of an Ebola outbreak”(Linkins). He informs people about the Ebola virus and tells them that he believes they have nothing to worry about which was his opinion. The Huffington Post offers a variety of topics on the site. Even though they often post about the popular news pieces, readers can get the jist of what is going on in the world. But to get unique insight and find out about events not mentioned in the daily news one should find any other blog site.

The Raw Story

      The Raw Story is an American liberal blogging site. It posts a lot of current news that is mainly political and economic. It focuses a lot on the media aspect and goes toward the most popular opinion. It also covers a lot of controversial topics and is generally written from a liberal point of view. The authors of this site have left-wing ideals. The writers are also not afraid of getting graphic and telling the story how it is. The articles contain bias, but still remain true to the story. For example, the article, “‘Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur blasts Hannity on Ferguson: ‘Why don’t you shut the f*ck up?’” is pretty blunt and states the situation well and still is able to convey the opinion of the author well. The Raw Story is a news blog that does a good job of bringing the real news with the opinions of the authors present.

ThinkProgress

      ThinkProgress is an American political news blog that has a liberal point of view. ThinkProgress has a wide array of topics for their articles. It focuses on political ideas and policies that are progressive as the name implies. For example,  in the article “Congressman Uses Victory Speech To Demand Apology For Opponent’s ‘Disgusting’ Racists Ads,” “When Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) stepped up to the podium Tuesday night to deliver a victory speech, it wasn’t all smiles and handshakes” (Ollstein).  The articles often  lack objectivity because it is all about making everyone like their posts.The authors utilize things like hyperboles which slightly takes away from the credibility of the posts. However, since ThinkProgress is a left-winged site, the authors express their bias towards and love for the left-wing side well.