HowStuffWorks
For those who wonder what makes things tick, everything — EVERYTHING — is explained here.
Slate V
Slate’s video site, featuring great original videos and the best of the web
Snopes
Urban myths debunked; the first place to go when you get chain email
Spiked
Libertarian poster child. Anti-PC to a fault, if you want endorsement of your chain smokin’, binge eatin’ lifestyle, you’ve come to the right place.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
A growing number of young Americans get their news via The Daily Show’s satire. It’s testament to Jon Stewart’s genius that this is not a bad thing.
The Onion
The headlines are still the best part of America’s satirical newspaper. But the videos come a close second.
The Straight Dope
Fighting ignorance on the web: all the answers to all your burning questions
Antony Green
Auntie’s election expert, and Australia’s wonkiest wonk
Breakfast Politics
Simple but functional aggregation of the best Australian political coverage in the media, plus a bit of analysis of their own.
Crooks and Liars
Probably the best place for US political videos, served up with a good dose of humour.
FiveThirtyEight
Nate Silver, the pin-up boy of statistics. We followed his meteoric rise to political analysis fame during the ’08 US election with awe and schoolgirl crushes.
House Rules
Christian Kerr’s Australian political commentary at The Australian
John Quiggin
The elder statesman of Australian political blogging, well respected by both sides of the divide. Awesome beard.
Larvatus Prodeo
Mark Bahnisch’s Australian politics blog, with prolific contributers and lots of gerat debate in the comments
Psephos
Australian-based blog tracking election news from all over the world
Real Clear Politics
No-nonsense aggregation of great US (and sometimes international) political analysis, with a slightly conservative bent
RedState
US conservative blogging powerhouse — the right-wing version of the Daily Kos
Talking Points Memo
Their “Day in 100 Seconds” videos are the easiest (and most fun) way to digest US politics, while their Muckraker section does gerat work investigating political corruption.
Tasmanian Politics
What it says on the box: Tasmanian politics, and lots of it
The Tally Room
Ben Raue’s page for political geekery, digging into numbers from Australia and overseas
Hot shots of online media
Boing Boing
The original group blog. Lots of good links and online diversions.
Daily Kos
Leftie group blog, with more posts than you can poke a stick at. Lots of great content — too bad it’s still so frakkin’ ugly.
Drudge Report
Love him or hate him, Matt Drudge has been a pioneer in online journalism and he sure knows how to get attention. The site burns our eyes, though.
Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington’s empire of news aggregation and political blogging. The first place to go for breaking US political news.
MetaFilter
The king of community weblogs, full of interesting links both serious and stupid, plus debate-heavy comments threads that are often just as good.
Salon
The “smart tabloid”, they make watching online ads worthwhile.
Slate
It’s hard for us not to link to EVERY Slate story — the articles are always inspired and the analysis always sharp and witty.
Magazines
American Conservative
A different side of American conservatism. They aren’t ALL rabid neocons
Diplomatic Courier
US-based quarterly global affairs magazine with despatches from far-flung corners of the Earth.
Economist
Serious Discussion™ on news and world politics
GOOD
So. Pretty. The BEST data visualisations, and lots of non-preachy green stuff
Harper’s
If Crikey editor Jonathan Green was stuck on a desert island with only one magazine, this would be it.
Monocle
From Tyler Brule, the man who brought us Wallpaper, this jetsetters’ magazine talks a bit too much about planes and trains, but the international features are always interesting. And it’s beautiful.
Mother Jones
So liberal it hurts, but packed full of good investigative and opinion pieces
National Review Online
American conservative magazine, with an increasingly neo-conservative bent of late.
New York Magazine
Admit it: we all secretly wished we lived in New York. Some of the sceney stuff goes over our heads, but it’s always sharp and original
Newsweek
Politics and opinion with a dash of culture
The Monthly
Australia’s answer to the New Yorker. What was the question again?
The New York Times Public Editor
In which Clark Hoyt, the readers’ representative, monitors the New York Time’s journalistic practices. A fascinating look at the machinations of the newspaper giant.
Harper’s Index Number crunching for humanity.
HowStuffWorks For those who wonder what makes things tick, everything — EVERYTHING — is explained here.
Slate V Slate’s video site, featuring great original videos and the best of the web
Snopes Urban myths debunked; the first place to go when you get chain email
Spiked Libertarian poster child. Anti-PC to a fault, if you want endorsement of your chain smokin’, binge eatin’ lifestyle, you’ve come to the right place.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart A growing number of young Americans get their news via The Daily Show’s satire. It’s testament to Jon Stewart’s genius that this is not a bad thing.
The Onion The headlines are still the best part of America’s satirical newspaper. But the videos come a close second.
The Straight Dope Fighting ignorance on the web: all the answers to all your burning questions
Vanity Fair Blogopticon American blogs sorted by scurrilous vs. earnest, news vs. opinion.
Antony Green Auntie’s election expert, and Australia’s wonkiest wonk
FiveThirtyEight
Nate Silver, the pin-up boy of statistics. We followed his meteoric rise to political analysis fame during the ’08 US election with awe and schoolgirl crushes.House Rules Christian Kerr’s Australian political commentary at The Australian
Larvatus Prodeo Mark Bahnisch’s Australian politics blog, with prolific contributers and lots of gerat debate in the comments
Real Clear Politics No-nonsense aggregation of great US (and sometimes international) political analysis, with a slightly conservative bent
RedState US conservative blogging powerhouse — the right-wing version of the Daily Kos
Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Bite-sized bits of US political news
Talking Points Memo Their “Day in 100 Seconds” videos are the easiest (and most fun) way to digest US politics, while their Muckraker section does gerat work investigating political corruption.
Boing Boing The original group blog. Lots of good links and online diversions.
Daily Kos Leftie group blog, with more posts than you can poke a stick at. Lots of great content — too bad it’s still so frakkin’ ugly.
Huffington Post Arianna Huffington’s empire of news aggregation and political blogging. The first place to go for breaking US political news.
MetaFilter The king of community weblogs, full of interesting links both serious and stupid, plus debate-heavy comments threads that are often just as good.
Salon The “smart tabloid”, they make watching online ads worthwhile.
Slate It’s hard for us not to link to EVERY Slate story — the articles are always inspired and the analysis always sharp and witty.
Diplomatic Courier US-based quarterly global affairs magazine with despatches from far-flung corners of the Earth.
Economist Serious Discussion™ on news and world politics
GOOD So. Pretty. The BEST data visualisations, and lots of non-preachy green stuff
Monocle From Tyler Brule, the man who brought us Wallpaper, this jetsetters’ magazine talks a bit too much about planes and trains, but the international features are always interesting. And it’s beautiful.
Mother Jones So liberal it hurts, but packed full of good investigative and opinion pieces
National Review Online American conservative magazine, with an increasingly neo-conservative bent of late.
New York Magazine Admit it: we all secretly wished we lived in New York. Some of the sceney stuff goes over our heads, but it’s always sharp and original
Newsweek Politics and opinion with a dash of culture
The Monthly Australia’s answer to the New Yorker. What was the question again?
The New Yorker Perhaps love can last forever.
Media Bistro A peppy resource for journos. But also a great source of media news.
mUmBRELLA Hot spot for insider information about the Australian media world. Created by Tim Burrowes, former ed of B&T magazine.
The New York Times Public Editor In which Clark Hoyt, the readers’ representative, monitors the New York Time’s journalistic practices. A fascinating look at the machinations of the newspaper giant.
ABC News (USA)
Al Jazeera
All Africa
AP
BBC
Boston Globe
CBS News
CNN
Der Spiegel
Globe and Mail
Jerusalem Post
MSNBC
New York Times
NZ Herald
Reuters
Stuff (NZ)The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
The Star (SA)
The Times (UK)
Times of India
Washington Post
Xinhua
Financial Review
Herald Sun
The Courier-Mail
The Daily Telegraph
