Lexi,

There is not one author you have mentioned that is not significantly left of center politically. Comparatively the Australian, whose staff are more than 50% Labor or greens supporters, and has columnists from all political persuasions, can claim to be genuinely centrist, the NM and IA, however, are orbiting way on the fringes. I have yet to see an article in these blogs that is even vaguely centrist.

Secondly, the Newscorp and fairfax papers do not allow anything to be published without scrutiny by independent fact checkers, something that NM and IA clearly could do with.

If you look hard enough you will always find a nutty blog that will espouse any view you want. Quoting them does you no credit. While you have expanded your repertoire, you still mostly quote from these nutty blogs.

SM,

It's obvious that you're not bothered
at all by the facts.

But even you must admit that any publication
that can write in depth investigative articles
like, "Why Andrew Bolt is not an imbecile,"
or telling us that Tony Abbott's ears make
him look like a taxi cab with both doors open,
is at least worth a glance. ;-)

Lexi,

If facts bothered me, I would escape to the NM or IA to get away from them.

I am not a fan of those on the extremes whether Bolt or Jones on one side, or those in NM or IA.

SM,

Your comments suggest that you never read your own
posts, or dwell on your own history of misrepresentation
and distortion, and your refusal to countenance alternative
views of politics is therefore the way you play the game.
Your condemnation of "ideological affiliations" of
independent media is as essential to your game as
cricket requiring a bat and a ball.

So what is this topic about again ?

Lexi,

Your comments suggest that you never read your own posts, or dwell on your own history of misrepresentation and distortion. Your refusal to countenance alternative views of politics is therefore the way you try to play the game.

Your reliance on fluffy opinion pieces on blogs with narrow agendas is an indicator of the poverty of your opinions.

As LM was saying, this thread is about the farcical floating carbon tax that Labor misnames an ETS.