Need a broader perspective than what Gawker Media provides
June 29, 2016 12:43 PM Subscribe
I usually skim through several Gawker Media sites over my morning coffee at work (Gawker, Deadspin, Jezebel mostly). I am finding that I need a bit of a broader perspective, or at least some relief from the same journalists and commenters over and over and over again.
Politically, I am progressive-ish. Definitely more Bernie than Hillary.
Sportsically, I am baseball only. Beyond that, I am very interested in the economics and politics of sports.
I like reading articles about social justice, political corruption, exposees of shady corporations...
Basically, everything that Gawker does. I am just looking for something that occasionally raises the level dialog and is open to differing points of view.
Any suggestions for a new daily read?
Politically, I am progressive-ish. Definitely more Bernie than Hillary.
Sportsically, I am baseball only. Beyond that, I am very interested in the economics and politics of sports.
I like reading articles about social justice, political corruption, exposees of shady corporations...
Basically, everything that Gawker does. I am just looking for something that occasionally raises the level dialog and is open to differing points of view.
Any suggestions for a new daily read?
FiveThirtyEight - politics, sports, culture, economics
posted by erst at 12:54 PM on June 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by erst at 12:54 PM on June 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
The Ringer, which is basically Grantland 2.0.
posted by palomar at 1:00 PM on June 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by palomar at 1:00 PM on June 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
I spend breakfast with bbc.com/news and go from there.
I don't trust Gawker or any other aggregating sites targeting specific demos for profit, even if I'm in that demo. I resent being played. And I'm not 12 or stupid.
It is not difficult to drill down by going to the local/original sites.
Abandon the fantasy that you can default to a single source. Learn that knowing why and how a source publishes a story is often the real story, especially in areas with less-than-free media.
posted by justcorbly at 1:15 PM on June 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
I don't trust Gawker or any other aggregating sites targeting specific demos for profit, even if I'm in that demo. I resent being played. And I'm not 12 or stupid.
It is not difficult to drill down by going to the local/original sites.
Abandon the fantasy that you can default to a single source. Learn that knowing why and how a source publishes a story is often the real story, especially in areas with less-than-free media.
posted by justcorbly at 1:15 PM on June 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
+1 to 538. I'm ashamed of how little empirical data I've demanded of my journalism thus far. They also share excellent analysis from other sources on Twitter and Facebook, so they are worth a follow. I also enjoy reading the economist at dinner. I'm very fun at parties.
posted by pazazygeek at 1:20 PM on June 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by pazazygeek at 1:20 PM on June 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Baseball Think Factory is a solid compendium of sabermetrically-tinged (though not always) links about baseball. Includes stuff about the politics and economics of the sport, and plenty else besides. Comments section operates at a decently high level for that sort of thing - not saying much, but still.
I enjoy reading Marginal Revolution and GOPLifer for more right-ish points of view that are nonetheless reasonable and worthy of consideration.
Vox can be a smarmy - and in a very predictable way - sometimes, but it publishes lots of good stuff. The New Yorker website is basically a daily churn of short essays similar to those that they publish in the front of the print magazine.
+2 to FiveThirtyEight.
(FWIW, I'm center-left, but not totally "progressive" on all things. I enjoy some aspects of Deadspin, but I find Gawker and Jezebel - Gawker, especially - tiresome. So that's where I'm coming from, relative to you.)
posted by breakin' the law at 2:43 PM on June 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
I enjoy reading Marginal Revolution and GOPLifer for more right-ish points of view that are nonetheless reasonable and worthy of consideration.
Vox can be a smarmy - and in a very predictable way - sometimes, but it publishes lots of good stuff. The New Yorker website is basically a daily churn of short essays similar to those that they publish in the front of the print magazine.
+2 to FiveThirtyEight.
(FWIW, I'm center-left, but not totally "progressive" on all things. I enjoy some aspects of Deadspin, but I find Gawker and Jezebel - Gawker, especially - tiresome. So that's where I'm coming from, relative to you.)
posted by breakin' the law at 2:43 PM on June 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Think Progress will fall into your search for "social justice, political corruption, exposees of shady corporations..." That one is rather serious and straightforward, but Daily Kos covers politics from lefty perspective with some funny snark similar to Gawker.
posted by Leontine at 10:04 PM on June 29, 2016
posted by Leontine at 10:04 PM on June 29, 2016
3 Quarks Daily is my daily go-to. It looks like it's straight outta 2005, but don't let that push you away. It's kind of like an intellectual Kottke or a less sad and ironic Awl. Whenever something big happens in the world, they track down great commentary and analysis. Their topics run the gamut, with lots of good science reporting, beautiful art and literature, and thoughtful left-leaning politics. It's also much more outward focused than the typical North American site.
posted by congen at 6:30 PM on July 2, 2016
posted by congen at 6:30 PM on July 2, 2016
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Bleacher Report and SBNation are good if you're willing to invest some effort into picking subsites.
(I'll also plug SportsFilter for MeFi-like discussion of sports and the economics and politics thereof.)
posted by Etrigan at 12:50 PM on June 29, 2016