1. I visited dailykos.com
2. The site is definitely more liberal than some other news sites, functioning mostly as a group blog, so there is a lot of opinion. In an article about the election, the author called Romney's efforts to undermine Obama as "so transparent it's kind of laughable." There's also an article entirely about the 'Republican's war on women', stating "there's a war to win and no time to waste." Both of these examples are loaded with opinion. Using an adjective like "transparent" to describe Romney's efforts to undermine Obama is a direct opinion of the author of the piece, for obviously not everyone feels that way. The Republican 'war on women' is a term coined by liberals/the democratic party, and therefore is already displaying a one-sided opinion.
3. Quotes from candidates in the articles are all fact, like Obama's comment about "No, no, no, Don't boo. Vote. Voting is the best revenge," and Romney saying "It's time we lead America to a better place."
4. The site is a discussion forum, comprised of blogs from various democratic activists. The activists/bloggers write pieces for the site, and they are published in the form of an advanced blog.
5. Dailykos.com is definitely democratic. The articles highlight "the war on women," "the war on voting," and other topics that bash the Republican party and strengthen the Democratic party. The articles present a strictly liberal-minded side of the arguments. For example, a recent article entitled "Mitch McConnell's fake congratulations, or fake hysteria" bashes McConnell's, a Republican, supposedly fake congratulations to president Obama on being re-instated as President.
6. This site is very left-leaning, and presents information in a liberal way. However, the information is not distorted, it's just very opinionated because it's written in a blog form. So, if people realize that this site is very liberal and opinionated, then they can take it how they will. But the democratic display of information could affect the way Americans receive information. If an average citizen where to randomly search for information about current news, and his/her found this one site and only read the articles on this site, they would not know the other side of the arguments (the Republican side), and this could definitely influence they way they perceive American politics and the way they vote.
2. The site is definitely more liberal than some other news sites, functioning mostly as a group blog, so there is a lot of opinion. In an article about the election, the author called Romney's efforts to undermine Obama as "so transparent it's kind of laughable." There's also an article entirely about the 'Republican's war on women', stating "there's a war to win and no time to waste." Both of these examples are loaded with opinion. Using an adjective like "transparent" to describe Romney's efforts to undermine Obama is a direct opinion of the author of the piece, for obviously not everyone feels that way. The Republican 'war on women' is a term coined by liberals/the democratic party, and therefore is already displaying a one-sided opinion.
3. Quotes from candidates in the articles are all fact, like Obama's comment about "No, no, no, Don't boo. Vote. Voting is the best revenge," and Romney saying "It's time we lead America to a better place."
4. The site is a discussion forum, comprised of blogs from various democratic activists. The activists/bloggers write pieces for the site, and they are published in the form of an advanced blog.
5. Dailykos.com is definitely democratic. The articles highlight "the war on women," "the war on voting," and other topics that bash the Republican party and strengthen the Democratic party. The articles present a strictly liberal-minded side of the arguments. For example, a recent article entitled "Mitch McConnell's fake congratulations, or fake hysteria" bashes McConnell's, a Republican, supposedly fake congratulations to president Obama on being re-instated as President.
6. This site is very left-leaning, and presents information in a liberal way. However, the information is not distorted, it's just very opinionated because it's written in a blog form. So, if people realize that this site is very liberal and opinionated, then they can take it how they will. But the democratic display of information could affect the way Americans receive information. If an average citizen where to randomly search for information about current news, and his/her found this one site and only read the articles on this site, they would not know the other side of the arguments (the Republican side), and this could definitely influence they way they perceive American politics and the way they vote.
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