I just came across this site, and it looks pretty interesting, but I haven't dug very deeply yet. I have no idea what it's slant is, whether it purports to be neutral, etc. Just glancing at it though, I'm pretty impressed.
Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :
I've used that site before, and I agree--it does appear to be pretty fair-minded.
And I must say that I really enjoy being a member of a group that has people in it who know how to use the word "purport."
--Steve
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
I've never used the site, but it has a reputation for being non-partison and balanced. It's quoted on the PBS news hour and other news shows from time to time.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
The deeper I dig, the more impressed I am with it. I would like to just take the rest of the week off and just sit down and read the entire site.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
A week might get you a little familiarized on how to find things.
GlobalSecurity is a total wonk site: ie set up by the type of folk who become advisors to Administration after Administration even through changes of the Party in power; trusted cuz they won't delete, hide, disguise, or spin information to misleadingly promote their own views or to play partisan games.
[ October 20, 2004, 03:19 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :
aspectre,
But are they good wonks, or are they bad wonks?
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
They have some fairly interesting articles, if your tastes run that way.
Insofar as I am aware, nobody has caught them in an outright lie or distortion of the truth - it's not a subjective site at all, as far as I know.
-Trevor
Posted by Taberah (Member # 4014) on :
They have a pretty tremendous archive of resources. It's both good and bad--good, because the idle searcher can obtain a large amount of information about otherwise secret government programs/doctrine/etc., but bad because they sometimes threaten national security by posting stuff that's classified.
It's true that the government is sometimes heavy-handed in classifying stuff. However, this doesn't give internet mavericks the right to blissfully threaten the lives of American soldiers in the name of free speech. You'd be surprised at what can be used against us.