Free Republic

Progressive-left will continue to drag you where they have been since Nov. 9, 2016: in deep dark despair, a place they deliberately went into, not realizing they’d never be able to come back out. We’re all in the same boat now. “All” being conservatives, Christians, deplorables—anyone who dares disagree with—let alone stand up to—the propagandists cleared by MSM and social media to wander freely all over the Internet. Capital ‘D’ Ditto for not dozens and hundreds, but THOUSANDS of conservative news sites who remain faithful to “telling it like it is”.

BOISE, Idaho – A growing number of conservative groups are bankrolling startup news organizations around the country, aggressively covering government and politics at a time when newspapers are cutting back their statehouse bureaus. The phenomenon troubles some longtime journalists and media watchdogs, who worry about political biases and hidden agendas. The news outlets have sprouted in larger numbers in recent months to fill a void created by the downsizing of traditional statehouse coverage and to win over readers, including those from the tea party movement who don't trust the local paper or the TV news.

NEW YORK - Newspaper readers agree with editors on the basics of what makes good journalism, but they are more apt to want looser rules for online conversations, a new study on news credibility has found. Newspapers highly discourage anonymous remarks, for instance, and editors are more likely than readers to want that principle applied to reader comments online, according to the Online Journalism Credibility Study released Tuesday by the Associated Press Managing Editors group and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. Some 70 percent of editors surveyed said requiring commenters to disclose their identities...

Just curious what people think are the best newspapers or news web sites for getting BOTH sides of the story, i.e., Iraq war, Washington politics, etc. Obviously, we don't want to read consistent liberal slants to things, and I don't think people want to hear only the administration's take on everything, either. Which sites do you visit for getting the most objective reporting? I'm curious....thanks ahead of time !!