DAILY MUST READS
Instapundit (My hero.)
- Glenn Reynolds, Law professor in Tennessee, links to major stories of the day.
BigJournalism.com
Andrew Breitbart's newest endeavor. Not a blog, but original writing and investigations by some top writers. 5 STAR
BigGovernment.com
Breitbart's investigative journalists with news every day. Looking for ACORN exposes? This is the place.
5 STAR
The Corner from National Review
Freedom's Lighthouse
Video feeds of the day.
Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP on why the European Union is making its constituent nations poorer, less democratic and less free.
5 STARS
Patterico's Pontifications 5 STAR
- "Harangues that just make sense" from a Deputy District Attorney in the LA District Attorney's Office.
- Not just fantastic links but original writing and understanding.
American Thinker 5 STAR
Hot Air 5 STAR
HUMAN EVENTS
"Headquarters of the Conservative Underground" (and darn good writers).
SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION online investigations and blog
- Sometimes esoteric but great resource information.
Moonbattery
NewsBusters.org
Conservative Media Research Center founded by L. Brent Bozell III, documenting liberal bias since 1987.
5 STAR
NEWSPAPERS - US
Starting with the best,
Wall Street Journal Opinion & Commentary
Washington Examiner
- Examiner Opinion and Columnists
Best of which includes Michael Barone.
Liberal. Looney. And Laughable.
If you've read one of these, you've read all.
Washington Post
New York Times
- Baby bear, LA Times-owned Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times
Independent thinking, or they try to be.
Chicago Tribune
- Columns by John Kass
- Column by Jonah Goldberg
Chicago Sun-Times
Other U.S. papers
New York Post -Unashamedly conservative
New York Daily News
Hartford Courant - Once owned by the Los Angeles Times and predictably leftwing, they've shown some better judgement. They're opposed to Chris Dodd, for one.
Boston Globe and Opinion Section
Owned by the New York Times.
BIAS RATING 10
Boston Herald and Opinion Section
NOT owned by the New York Times, but gun shy at times.
Wall Street Journal Opinion & Commentary
Washington Examiner
- Examiner Opinion and Columnists
Best of which includes Michael Barone.
Liberal. Looney. And Laughable.
If you've read one of these, you've read all.
Washington Post
New York Times
- Baby bear, LA Times-owned Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times
Independent thinking, or they try to be.
Chicago Tribune
- Columns by John Kass
- Column by Jonah Goldberg
Chicago Sun-Times
Other U.S. papers
New York Post -Unashamedly conservative
New York Daily News
Hartford Courant - Once owned by the Los Angeles Times and predictably leftwing, they've shown some better judgement. They're opposed to Chris Dodd, for one.
Boston Globe and Opinion Section
Owned by the New York Times.
BIAS RATING 10
Boston Herald and Opinion Section
NOT owned by the New York Times, but gun shy at times.
NEWSPAPERS - EUROPE
BROADCASTER
Deutsche Welle
EXPATICA - News for expatriates.
Belgium
France
Germany
Spain
Switzerland
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Reuters (UK)
Kidon media links for English-language newspapers, including pan-Europe and individual countries.
BLOG WORTH NOTING
The Brussels Journal
Deutsche Welle
EXPATICA - News for expatriates.
Belgium
France
Germany
Spain
Switzerland
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Reuters (UK)
Kidon media links for English-language newspapers, including pan-Europe and individual countries.
BLOG WORTH NOTING
The Brussels Journal
NEWSPAPERS - UK
The Daily Telegraph
- In January 2009, the Telegraph was the highest selling British 'quality' paper, with a certified average daily circulation of 842,912. This compared with a circulation of 617,483 for The Times, 358,844 for The Guardian, and 215,504 for The Independent. (Source: Wikipedia entry.)
Times of London
- Times blogs
- owned by Rupert Murdoch.
The Daily Mail
- Celebrity obsessed, but, in their favor, the newspaper campaigns against "yobs," hooligans, thugs and public drunkenness.
-"The Daily Mail is a British daily tabloid newspaper. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun." (Which explains the decline in literacy in the UK.)
(Source: Wikipedia entry.)
The Independent
- Home to Robert Fisk, a reporter so unreliable with his facts that bloggers adopted the term to "fisk" or "fisking" as a blog entry that refuted his - and now other MSM writers bogus claims - point by point. Wikipedia defines.
Guardian
Left of the Independent (if such a thing is possible,) they have a history of employing pro-Islamic reporters who distort their worldview.
BBC News
- Taking a cue from American newspapers and media, the BBC has trashed a fine history of great reporting in favor of government advocacy and political bias.
SCOTLAND
The Scotsman
Herald Scotland
- More conservative of the two and more interesting reading. Innovative. Something that the Scotsman used to be.
- In January 2009, the Telegraph was the highest selling British 'quality' paper, with a certified average daily circulation of 842,912. This compared with a circulation of 617,483 for The Times, 358,844 for The Guardian, and 215,504 for The Independent. (Source: Wikipedia entry.)
Times of London
- Times blogs
- owned by Rupert Murdoch.
The Daily Mail
- Celebrity obsessed, but, in their favor, the newspaper campaigns against "yobs," hooligans, thugs and public drunkenness.
-"The Daily Mail is a British daily tabloid newspaper. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun." (Which explains the decline in literacy in the UK.)
(Source: Wikipedia entry.)
The Independent
- Home to Robert Fisk, a reporter so unreliable with his facts that bloggers adopted the term to "fisk" or "fisking" as a blog entry that refuted his - and now other MSM writers bogus claims - point by point. Wikipedia defines.
Guardian
Left of the Independent (if such a thing is possible,) they have a history of employing pro-Islamic reporters who distort their worldview.
BBC News
- Taking a cue from American newspapers and media, the BBC has trashed a fine history of great reporting in favor of government advocacy and political bias.
SCOTLAND
The Scotsman
Herald Scotland
- More conservative of the two and more interesting reading. Innovative. Something that the Scotsman used to be.
NEWSPAPERS - CANADA
National Post
- Conservative
- CanWest
Financial Post
Ottawa Citizen
Vancouver Sun
Globe & Mail BIAS RATING 10
Toronto Star BIAS RATING 10
- Owners of Harlequin, the romance novels.
Newslink links to Canadian papers by province.
- Conservative
- CanWest
Financial Post
Ottawa Citizen
Vancouver Sun
Globe & Mail BIAS RATING 10
Toronto Star BIAS RATING 10
- Owners of Harlequin, the romance novels.
Newslink links to Canadian papers by province.
MEDIA - General
Jim Romenesko - Poynteronline journalism blog. Where journalists bash other, non-conforming journalists in press group think.
Columbia Journalism Review - Edited by an acknowledged Lefty but their Who Own's What is priceless.
CJR's Who Own's What
CJR's Language Corner
CJR's Journalism Tools
ketupa.net - History and ownership of media industry. A do-not-miss resource.
- 5 STAR Excellent resource
Kidon Media Link
Links to 19,740 newspapers and other news sources from almost every country and territory in the world.
- 5 STAR Excellent resource
The Pelican File - resource service. They have a linkage to journalists' articles by journo names.
Editor & Publisher - Proof positive that newspapers are Liberal, Left, or Loony. Look for Editor Greg Mitchell's columns, a Vietnam anti-war activist who has frequent and painful flashbacks.
JOAs - From NOAA: Joint Operating Agreements in effect in 2004. Otherwise, the site is a media industry cheerleader. They don't even have newspaper subscription rates correct.
MediaBistro Media News
MEDIA CRITICISM
National Review's Media Blog - Steven Spruiell
Media Research Center - Brent Bozell's tireless efforts to make the media accountable.
MRC's CyberAlerts
Regret the Error - Blog that records media blunders, corrections and errors.
Accuracy in Media
Pressthink - Jay Rosen's media blog
Columbia Journalism Review - Edited by an acknowledged Lefty but their Who Own's What is priceless.
CJR's Who Own's What
CJR's Language Corner
CJR's Journalism Tools
ketupa.net - History and ownership of media industry. A do-not-miss resource.
- 5 STAR Excellent resource
Kidon Media Link
Links to 19,740 newspapers and other news sources from almost every country and territory in the world.
- 5 STAR Excellent resource
The Pelican File - resource service. They have a linkage to journalists' articles by journo names.
Editor & Publisher - Proof positive that newspapers are Liberal, Left, or Loony. Look for Editor Greg Mitchell's columns, a Vietnam anti-war activist who has frequent and painful flashbacks.
JOAs - From NOAA: Joint Operating Agreements in effect in 2004. Otherwise, the site is a media industry cheerleader. They don't even have newspaper subscription rates correct.
MediaBistro Media News
MEDIA CRITICISM
National Review's Media Blog - Steven Spruiell
Media Research Center - Brent Bozell's tireless efforts to make the media accountable.
MRC's CyberAlerts
Regret the Error - Blog that records media blunders, corrections and errors.
Accuracy in Media
Pressthink - Jay Rosen's media blog
ISSUES
DEATH PENALTY
Pro Death Penalty.com - The single best source of information about capital punishment. They maintain a list of scheduled executions. (More importantly, victims' names and the case histories to remind people why the convicted is on death row.
GLOBAL WARMING
Because the media still ignores the Byrd-Hagel Resolution passed July 25, 1997 that rejected the Kyoto Treaty and why the treaty has never come to the Senate floor for ratification.
Official Senate Resolution 98 Rollcall
- July 25, 1997 Resolution that opposed Kyoto before it was ever signed by Al Gore.
Official text as agreed upon
TEXT of the Amendment and introduction - from Thomas.
Pro Death Penalty.com - The single best source of information about capital punishment. They maintain a list of scheduled executions. (More importantly, victims' names and the case histories to remind people why the convicted is on death row.
GLOBAL WARMING
Because the media still ignores the Byrd-Hagel Resolution passed July 25, 1997 that rejected the Kyoto Treaty and why the treaty has never come to the Senate floor for ratification.
Official Senate Resolution 98 Rollcall
- July 25, 1997 Resolution that opposed Kyoto before it was ever signed by Al Gore.
Official text as agreed upon
TEXT of the Amendment and introduction - from Thomas.