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| | + | ''Conservapedia'' is in a unique position to rank other information sources of all types. Please see our nominations below the table, and fill in others as you like. |
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| | + | |[http://www.cnsnews.com/home Cybercast News] |
| | + | |uniquely informative news across all issues, including social ones; a top-quality news site in every respect |
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| | + | |2 |
| | + | |[http://www.wnd.com/ WorldNetDaily] |
| | + | |has reporters at conservative events; moved to number 1 with its candid and courageous reporting about the [[homosexual agenda]]; has also had excellent reporting on the [[Obama]] birth certificate issue |
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| | + | |3 |
| | + | |[http://patriotupdate.com Patriot Update] |
| | + | |Founded in 2009, [[Patriot Update]] is a leading [[conservative]] news source for the everyday American. |
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| | + | |4 |
| | + | |[http://newsbusters.org/ Newsbusters] |
| | + | |insightful, original, and good across all issues; exposes liberal deceit well |
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| | + | |5 |
| | + | |[http://www.lifesitenews.com/ LifeSiteNews] |
| | + | |terrific focus on [[pro-life]] and other moral issues; savvy and original ... and doesn't suffer fools lightly |
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| | + | |6 |
| | + | |[http://www.breitbart.com/ Breitbart] |
| | + | |breaks some big stories and exposes [[liberal deceit]] well |
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| | + | |7 |
| | + | |[http://www.onenewsnow.com OneNewsNow] |
| | + | |a division of the American Family News Network, reporting on general news with liberal selection bias |
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| | + | |8 |
| | + | |[http://www.lifenews.com/ Lifenews] |
| | + | |has lots of [[abortion]]-related stories, and prioritizes them well, but is not critical enough of politicians who pretend to be pro-life |
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| | + | |9 |
| | + | |[http://hotair.com/ Hotair] |
| | + | |typically links to other stories, often with a [[neoconservative]] emphasis rather than socially conservative |
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| | + | |10 |
| | + | |[http://www.redstate.com/ RedState] |
| | + | |timely and good volume, with focus on economic, government and election issues |
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| | + | |11 |
| | + | |''[[Washington Times]]'' |
| | + | |a conservative news source from the nation's capital |
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| | + | |12 |
| | + | |''[[Fox News]]'' |
| | + | |high volume of info, but censors many [[conservative]]s<ref>Conservatives censored (or disparaged) by Fox News include [[Ron Paul]], [[Rand Paul]], [[Pat Buchanan]], Tom Pauken, Rev. Tom Euteneuer, [[Michael Steele]], [[J.D. Hayworth]], [[Steve Lonegan]] and [[Tom Coburn]]; [[Sharron Angle]] has been rarely on Fox News, far less than [[John McCain]] was, even though Angle's race is far more important than McCain's.</ref> and downplays the social issues (for example, see: [[Fox News and homosexuality]]) |
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| | + | |13 |
| | + | |''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' |
| | + | |refreshing in its lack of [[lamestream media]] liberal bias |
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| | + | |14 |
| | + | |''[[USA Today]]'' |
| | + | |better than the [[lamestream media]] in its reporting on state-by-state news, and its greater balance; but it has been very [[feminist]] and one-sided in its reporting on [[Title IX]] in college sports |
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| | + | |15 |
| | + | |''Orange County Register'' |
| | + | |the newspaper for the region that once propelled [[Ronald Reagan]] to become the governor of [[California]], and then the [[President]] of the [[United States]] |
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| | + | |16 |
| | + | |''Financial Times'' |
| | + | |more conservative than the [[Wall Street Journal]] |
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| | + | |17 |
| | + | |''Voice of America'' |
| | + | |worth reading from time to time |
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| | + | |18 |
| | + | |[http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com Conservative News and Views] |
| | + | |relatively new, covers a variety of conservative issues but mostly politics |
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| | + | |19 |
| | + | |[http://www.examiner.com/creationism-in-national/terry-hurlbut Terry Hurlbut] |
| | + | |CP administrator Terry Hurlbut at the Examiner |
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| | + | |20 |
| | + | |''The Hill'' |
| | + | |terrific source of news from Washington, D.C., without [[liberal bias]] |
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| | + | |21 |
| | + | |[http://www.prolifeblogs.com/ Pro-life blogs] |
| | + | |a good compendium of blogging on the pro-life issue |
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| | + | |22 |
| | + | |[http://1461days.blogspot.com/ the 1461] |
| | + | |following the Obama Administrations use and Abuse of the Executive Order and more |
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| | + | |22 |
| | + | |Junkscience |
| | + | |exposing the [[global warming]] hoax and other liberal falsehoods masquerading as science |
| | + | |-} |
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| | + | == Nominations == |
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| | + | Tentative placement (high ranking, medium ranking, low ranking) in parentheses, suggestions welcome: |
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| | + | *americanthinker.com (medium-to-low, not much on social issues) |
| | + | *biggovernment.com |
| | + | *bighollywood.com |
| | + | *bigjournalism.com |
| | + | *bigpeace.com |
| | + | *[http://www.boycottliberalism.com/ BoycottLiberalism.com] Don't Buy Liberalism |
| | + | *breitbart.com (low, much of it repeating liberal news sources; political coverage dominated by foreign policy issues) |
| | + | *breitbart.tv |
| | + | *canadafreepress.com |
| | + | *catholicedition.com (has lots of quantity not allowed by [[lamestream media]]) |
| | + | *climateaudit.org (medium, but high quality on global warming issues) |
| | + | *cnsnews.com (high, especially for news censored by [[lamestream media]], but it does not update news as frequently as other top sites) |
| | + | *[http://www.the-manumitter.com/ The Daily Manumitter]- Conservative News of the world on one page |
| | + | *examiner.com (high) |
| | + | *[[Fox News]] (low, but high volume) |
| | + | *[http://www.thegatewaypundit.com GatewayPundit] |
| | + | *[http://www.youtube.com/user/GeraldCelenteChannel Gerald Celente YouTube channel] (respects US Constitution, anti-[[Federal Reserve]], limited government, against bailouts and stimulus, pro-capitalism, predicted [[Tea Party Movement]] and the Great Recession, against USA being entangled in wars capriciously) |
| | + | *frontpagemag.com |
| | + | *hotair.com (medium) |
| | + | *humanevents.com |
| | + | *intellectualconservative.com |
| | + | *lifenews.com (high quality, high volume; reports on social issues better than anyone) |
| | + | *mediaite.com |
| | + | *michellemalkin.com (high or medium) |
| | + | *moonbattery.com |
| | + | *[[NewsBusters]] (medium) |
| | + | *newsmax.com (medium) |
| | + | *pajamasmedia.com |
| | + | *politico.com (medium) |
| | + | *politicsdaily.com |
| | + | *rasmussenreports.com (high or medium, but high quality poll statistics) |
| | + | *redstate.com (medium) |
| | + | *rightwingnews.com (low due to crass and vulgar style) |
| | + | *rushlimbaugh.com (medium or low, but high volume/quality conservative radio transcripts) |
| | + | *sepp.org (medium, but high quality on global warming issues) |
| | + | *spectator.com |
| | + | *thedailycaller.com |
| | + | *[[thehill.com]] |
| | + | *Wall Street Journal |
| | + | *Weekly Standard |
| | + | *[http://www.newswithviews.com/ News With Views] |
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| | + | Other sources: |
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| | + | *Realclearpolitics (detailed polling about upcoming congressional elections) |
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| | + | == Criteria == |
| | + | |
| | + | *substantive |
| | + | *educational |
| | + | *includes social issues |
| | + | *does not play favorites among individuals |
| | + | *does not waste time and energy on [[gossip]] |
| | + | *factual accuracy<ref>"Factual accuracy," per [[Conservapedia|Conservapedia's]] [[Conservapedia:Manual_of_Style#Citing_Sources_and_Using_Footnotes|Manual of Style]]: ''"The party affiliation of a news source should be irrelevant. All that matters is whether the source has a record of telling the truth."''</ref> |
| | + | *does not rely on offensive, non-family-friendly material to boost traffic |
| | + | *informs as well as attracting interest |
| | + | *original content |
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| | + | (add more) |
| | + | == See also == |
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| | + | * [[Conservative links]] and [[Conservative resources]] |
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| | + | * [[Conservative video]] |
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| | + | * [[Conservative columnists]] |
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| | + | * [[Conservative blogs]] |
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| | + | * [[Major conservative organizations]] |
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| | + | * [[Conservative humor and satire resources]] |
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| | + | == References == |
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| | + | [[Category:Essays]][[Category:Lists]] |