Crooks and Liars

http://crooksandliars.com/

Crooks and Liars made it onto Time Magazine's list of Top 25 Blogs for 2009. With good reason, the blog is placed in a list along with much more widely-recognized blogs such as The Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo. Not only was the site revolutionary in video blogging when it was launched in 2004, but it has remained relevant all of these years and the quality in the writing has never declined. The blog's author is definitely liberal, but it is very obvious that he is not a defender of the Democrats anymore than he is a defender of Republicans. This is an equal opportunity blog that seeks out crooks and liars anywhere they may be found.

Fact Check

http://www.factcheck.org/

This website gained a considerable amount of notoriety during the 2008 presidential election for being very quick to correct the candidates when they got their facts wrong, exaggerated, or told out-right lies. The reports go after Democrats and Republicans alike, and more recently have focused more on Obama than anyone else. The published reports are very thorough, and the writers site all of their sources. This is still true of today, but the website has, unfortunately, cut way back in their reporting. The website averages about one report per week, but they could just as easily being doing one per day. Watch this website during the next election and you'll have a new-found appreciation for the information you'll get.

News Hounds

http://www.newshounds.us/

This is one of the websites that inspired me to start my own, so it was bound to make it into own of my early postings.

Here's the lowdown: they watch Fox News all day every day. Not only that, but they also keep constant watch on the Fox News website. They are a watchdog group that monitors when and how Fox spins the news to reflect conservative ideas. They do multiple blog postings every day, seven days a week. This is not the website where you go to get balanced news by any means, but you can go here to find out what many conservative citizens and politicians are thinking and feeling.