Kossacks are readers. But more than this, they are critical readers and this is what powers dailykos. Kossacks read articles from a variety of sources, find the best pieces. They aggregate from several sources, masticate, summarize. And then they write a diary which presents a point of view.
I can remember years ago, it the Rec list was simply filled all the time with NYTimes/WaPost/(blah)WSJ, all day, all the time.
That's become trite. We still see the odd "Frank Rich is booooring" diary (which then starts a controversy, since 1% of Kossacks think Rich is boooring. The "Frank Rich is Amazing" diaries pass in a flurry every Sunday, unnoticed for their usualness), but there's little NYTimes/WaPost repetition.
We see blog-repeats. These can valuable, as news breaks on HuffPost, TPM and RawStory all the time, often well before the MSM gets it; often the MSM doesn't get it at all.
But, for the strength of our growing DNA, what is valuable about dKos is the diversity of what we read, how we bring it together, and discuss it.
This diary asks for your analysis of what you read. By your contribution here, you can make other kossacks aware of valuable news sources which might be of interest to them. More eyeballs, more brains ,more kossacks on those news sites -- blogs, online newspapers, TV shows, streaming video -- will broaden and strengthen the background of everybody here; and so, of dKos itself.
The set-up is simple. This is a comment-driven diary (what isn't), the point of which is to list out all the news sources kossacks read, and to discuss their worth to dKos, for how they add a dimension to US and Democratic politics.
- Your title of the comment should be the news source, with the country of origin in parenthesis. "HuffPost" or "Globe and Mail (Canada)"
- Your comment should describe the news source (with a link!) and why it is relevant to US or Democratic politics.
- The most difficult one: No Repeats. If you read a news source already listed, read its comments, and add your own about how you see the news source and its relevance and impact on US and Democratic politics.
- Recommend Comments for news sources which, to you, are interesting. This should include not just sites reflecting our usual political choices, but ones which are on the other side of the debate as well.
Example:
"National Post" (in Canada)
-- Canadian Newspaper a great news source, because it reflects the Conservative party views in Canada, and the Conservative Party is in power in the Federal Government, which is therefore about US/Canada relations. Canada remains our largest trading partner!
Have at it!