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Find 3 online news sites you personally find objective, honest and worth reading. Create a link to each along with a few sentences or paragraph on why you find the site valuable.

The Huffington Post

While far from objective, I value the information and opinions offered at the Huffington Post. The news blog was created by Arianna Huffington, former Republican commentator turned liberal democrat. Although the site has an overwhelming liberal bias, the day to day news is presented informationaly since its just a direct copy or slight re work of the what was reported by the AP or Rueters. I would admit that in some instances the editors of the site have given bias titles to certain headlines, but it depends on the story. It is usually employed for a sort of shock and sensational effect.

Readers of the Huffington Post represent all sides of the political specturm. The site attracts a small, but vocal conversative republican audience (probably just paid GOP propagandist anyways). Sometimes, the commenters provide that additional context that is missing from the informational pieces that'll enable you to better understand what's being reported on.

Aside from the news and reader comments I value the opinion pieces from other journalists, authors, activists and enterntainners. From the Huffington Post's Op-eds, I was exposed to the role market speculation may have played in the rising the cost of fuel this summer and the Chinese government's use of surveilance technology from American companies for the Summer Games and beyond. Issues that the mainstream media outlets won't touch or slow to examine.

McClatchy DC

McClatchy is what all American news outlets should strive to be. It is the paragon of fine journalism and news. McClatchy presents pure, unaduterated news. No entertainment, sports, lifestyle or bullshit fad news. Just the information you need to better the understand the world you are in. I became aware of McClatchy after watching Bill Moyers's PBS program in which he prasied them for there pre Iraq war coverage. Since then, I read them everyday.

One story that blew me away was that on crime and military vets. It was quite ballsy for an American press outlet to report on an issue that cast the military in a negative light. CNN, CBS, ABC and all others would never do such a story out of fear of boycotts from chickenhawks and arm chair generals.

IGN

As an avid gamer, IGN satifies my gaming news needs. The site is parititioned by gaming platform and includes coverage of movies and technological gadgets. The site has a simple yet effienct image viewer and media player where users can easily view meida for the products showcased.

I truly value the video games reviews the site offers. Their analyses are spot on and have saved me from wasting money on shit games.