Politico: Does it seem like there are far more right wingers there?

[jzodda]

What do you guys think? I used to love the back and forth debate there-but these days it seems like every article is deluged with comments from right wing wackos which outnumber the saner posts from progressives by a good margin.

I don't enjoy much the debates there anymore. Anybody else feel that way?

[mfcorey1]

1. Yep. I noticed that and they have lost all credibility with me. nt

[meegbear]

2. No .. any self-respecting progressive would never post on Politico

[jzodda]

5. Can I ask why you would say that?

It used to be a great place for argument and discussion. Not of late but I am curious as to why you would say that.

I have loads of self respect for myself :D and used to enjoy the back and forth there. I LOVE to argue politics, especially with the other side. Now its kind of insane there though.

[meegbear]

6. LOL - and I respect you too!!

:hug:

To me, Politico always seems right-leaning and they appear to latch onto whatever is "popular", ie, making the most noise at the moment; in this case teabaggers and hard right repugs.

[Rex]

12. Same here, that is why I never liked the site.

And I bet a lot of RWing sockpuppets live there day in and day out.

[jzodda]

13. And the right wingers there are getting more crazy

if that's even possible....lol

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Won't go to Politico anymore than FR.

[KittyWampus]

4. My understanding was Politico was the slicker version of Talon.

[Enrique]

7. that and other D.C. websites

like "The Hill". It almost seems coordinated. Like if I read the comments in my local Florida newspapers websites you get a fair amount of right-wingers, but on Politico and "The Hill" it's a deluge like you say.

[Oceansaway]

8. politico=human waste....nt

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Politico was founded by right wingers to advance the right wing agenda.

They are Talon News without the unsavory reporters. They are a kinder, more literate Fox Nooz. But make NO mistake: Their ends and your ends are diametrically divergent.

[jzodda]

11. I didn't know that....thanks

I had never heard of Talon News but I have been reading bout it since your post.

[Stinky The Clown]

26. A liddle more background for ya:

Before they went live, there was this: http://www.jprof.com/newswebsites/launchingpolitico.html

In it, they mention the money men behind it, Albritton Communications.

Now use the Google Machine to churn and follow *that* nefarious, shadowy, right wing trail.

[HughBeaumont]

10. Politico is a right-wing shithouse.

WND Lite.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

14. Here's an article that explains the U.S. TREND towards right wingerism:

(And by the way, I blame American Christian churches for serving as meeting houses of right wing ideology, becoming the propaganda arm of the right wing party, and promoting it).




HOW DID THE U.S. BECOME THE MOST RIGHT WING COUNTRY IN THE WESTERN WORLD?


By suppressing the power of unions and transferring it to corporations.

In the early history of America, the corporation played an important but subordinate role. The people — not the corporations — were in control. So what happened? How did corporations gain power and eventually start exercising more control than the individuals who created them?

The shift began in the last third of the nineteenth century — the start of a great period of struggle between corporations and civil society. The turning point was the Civil War. Corporations made huge profits from procurement contracts and took advantage of the disorder and corruption of the times to buy legislatures, judges and even presidents. Corporations became the masters and keepers of business. President Abraham Lincoln foresaw terrible trouble. Shortly before his death, he warned that "corporations have been enthroned . . . . An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people . . . until wealth is aggregated in a few hands . . . and the republic is destroyed.

The rest of the article can be found here:

http://politicsandgovernment.blog.my/2011/06/how-did-the-us-become-the-most-right-wing-country-in-the-western-world/

[MicaelS]

30. DO NOT CLINK ON THAT LINK!

7/28/2011 4:51:56 PM HTTP filter

HTML/Iframe.B.Gen virus

connection terminated - quarantined

This is from NOD32 which is a reliable AV program.

HTML/Iframe.B.Gen
Type of infiltration: Virus
Size: Variable

Short description
HTML/Iframe.B.Gen is generic detection of malicious IFRAME tags embedded in HTML pages, which redirect the browser to a specific URL location with malicious software.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

15. Here in D.C., many people understand that Politico has a wingnut bias, but it is still

considered the local political paper of record. :puke::puke:

[jtown1123]

20. No....that's the Hill. Politico has great reporters and if anything, is more friendly to Dems...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

29. Wrong! It's the opposite. Well ,actually, both papers are biased if you ask me.

[EC]

16. They were one of the fiercest in promoting the

tea party when they were first put together by Dick Armey...I'm sure they were part of the initial start of it too. They also really pushed Palin into the limelight - they loved her.

[JDPriestly]

17. Politico is far too right-wing for me. I stay as far from it as possible.

[jtown1123]

21. Wow really? The Hill is the right wing rag.

[JDPriestly]

27. Maybe I have them mixed up, but I don't think I like either of them

enough to go and read them.

I might read something posted on DU.

[jtown1123]

18. I like Politico. Could care less about the commenters...

[grahamhgreen]

19. Absolutely, the thing is akin to a RW think tank, IMHO.

[jtown1123]

22. Really? The Republicans think the exact opposite

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/07/20/the-politicos-true-colors/

[grahamhgreen]

25. Of course, they also claim that the media is "liberal" even though MSNBC got rid of Keith and Cenk.

It's just what they do.

[librechik]

23. Secret RWers forced to be "balanced" at WaPost quit and start their own site

where they can pretend to be objective journalists, while skewing everything to their right wing ideology.

That's Politico. Paid for by RWers, too.

[one_voice]

24. I joined Politico..

in March '08...I've been booted 3 times..I'm on my fourth id. I agree it used to be fun to go back and forth with the other side. But now it's nothing but freakin' right wing wackos. It started right about the time Drudge and Freerepublic started linking to Politico stories. They were came over like roaches.

It isn't as much fun and quite honestly I now give as much as I get. Wonder if I know who you are over there...

[jzodda]

31. They are getting crazier every month

These freeper/druge nutsos. I think that the number of true crazies posting there has multiplied like 10x over the past half year or so. I think a good deal of the problem is that many of these crazy wackos have nothing to do all day and so their names keep coming up over and over again for each article as they fight with 10 people at once.

My user is Zodden there. I don't post all that much really. What happens is usually I am so disgusted by the time I get to comment 10 that I move on. lol

[one_voice]

32. I get disgusted too...

My user name is gocowboys04...I started out as gocowboys..LOL! I joined DU because I needed a place to come after the debates there. I'll keep an eye out for you.

[LaydeeBug]

28. Yes. One of the founders, who formerly was at the Wash Post is married a to a prominent GOP staffer

but they pretend it's "nothing to see here"