Five For Friday, Vol. 7: The Mandatory Morning Reading Edition
Was skimming my usual roundup of Web sources for news this morning, when I came to the source of this week's list: my morning Web ritual of for getting caught up on the news. These come with a JP Seal of High Recommendation:
1. Today's Papers on Slate.com: The indespensible starting point for me is this morning
what's in the nation's major newspapers courtesy of online journal Slate. Writers of the columnroundup of compare the coverage of the stories in each paper and often point out holes. Plus, they usually have a chuckle-worthy pun for a headline, such as last Sunday's "The Sunnis Come Out," leading with coverage of the Iraqi election.
2. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Gotta find out what's going on locally, and there's no choice but this Right-leaning D-G. I try to tune out the ideological spin and the unforgivable editorial bias (see: "Paper Rewrites History") on the historical topic of the 1957 intergration showdown in Little Rock. They lose points for requiring a subscription for online access. But I subscribe to the Sunday paper and get online access, so quite a bargain.
3. Media Notes in the Washington Post: Another excellent daily roundup of the day's media coverage, with some good analysis and insight from the WashPost's media writer, Howard Kurtz.
4. Most Viewed News on Yahoo!: Nothing like the Yahoo-viewing masses voting the most popular news stories and photos. If there's some celebrity gossip or a photo of some scantilly-clad female, you can guarantee it'll be tops...often ahead of "real" news. God bless the Internet.
5. (tie) The Drudge Report: You hate to love Matt Drudge and you love to hate him but there's no questioning the impact his Right-leaning site has had on the Internet and the media. Oh, the passive-aggressive, liberal-baiting headlines and that classic flashing light graphic he's employed since the start. I don't agree with his politics but I've always thought you need to know what those you don't agree are saying and thinking...I can't stomach Rush, so I visit Drudge.
5. (tie) Wonkette: More my political leanings and great passive-aggressive...and aggressive aggressive swipes at conservative folk. But Dems get their share of dissage too. Love the daily gossip roundup. "Politics for people with dirty minds," they say...and they are right.
1. Today's Papers on Slate.com: The indespensible starting point for me is this morning
what's in the nation's major newspapers courtesy of online journal Slate. Writers of the columnroundup of compare the coverage of the stories in each paper and often point out holes. Plus, they usually have a chuckle-worthy pun for a headline, such as last Sunday's "The Sunnis Come Out," leading with coverage of the Iraqi election.2. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Gotta find out what's going on locally, and there's no choice but this Right-leaning D-G. I try to tune out the ideological spin and the unforgivable editorial bias (see: "Paper Rewrites History") on the historical topic of the 1957 intergration showdown in Little Rock. They lose points for requiring a subscription for online access. But I subscribe to the Sunday paper and get online access, so quite a bargain.
3. Media Notes in the Washington Post: Another excellent daily roundup of the day's media coverage, with some good analysis and insight from the WashPost's media writer, Howard Kurtz.
4. Most Viewed News on Yahoo!: Nothing like the Yahoo-viewing masses voting the most popular news stories and photos. If there's some celebrity gossip or a photo of some scantilly-clad female, you can guarantee it'll be tops...often ahead of "real" news. God bless the Internet.
5. (tie) The Drudge Report: You hate to love Matt Drudge and you love to hate him but there's no questioning the impact his Right-leaning site has had on the Internet and the media. Oh, the passive-aggressive, liberal-baiting headlines and that classic flashing light graphic he's employed since the start. I don't agree with his politics but I've always thought you need to know what those you don't agree are saying and thinking...I can't stomach Rush, so I visit Drudge.
5. (tie) Wonkette: More my political leanings and great passive-aggressive...and aggressive aggressive swipes at conservative folk. But Dems get their share of dissage too. Love the daily gossip roundup. "Politics for people with dirty minds," they say...and they are right.
posted by JP at 8:04 PM
1 Comments:
You should add Crooks & Liars to your must-read political sites. Plenty of outrage fuel in handy video format every day.
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