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Remember when I used to post a ridiculous amount of links to stories, quotes and movements in American politics? I mean, Carine Zaayman even mentioned the blog, and its left leanings, on artthrob<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well, that was nearly three years ago (the blog will be 3 years old in February!), and I discovered so many sites doing it better – and very few writing about art in South Africa – and so I cut down and changed focus. As of late I’ve been reading so much on Katrina and the US failed president (so many times over I’ve lost count), I thought I’d mention a few of the sites \/ blogs I read to keep up on “new journalism<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Got decent bandwidth and a sense of humor? Crooks and Liars<\/a> often posts video clips of interviews – and the Daily Show – on its blog. One Good Move<\/a> similarly posts clips, and actually has Jon Stewart stuff almost every day; my favorite one is the blogger\/Gannon\/Guckert clip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AmericaBlog<\/a> has a full-time blogger now (seeking worthy donations), and has been instrumental in the breaking of several important stories over the last year or two. This Katrina re-post<\/a> is actually what prompted me to write this blog entry.<\/p>\n

atrios aka eschaton<\/a> has the most comprehensive number of links, but is not very good for RSS readers and summations – it’s mostly only links. If you like to surf, it’s the one. NewsGrist<\/a> is a fanfab combo of art, politics and activist art overall, by Joy Garnett of JoyWar fame – funny enough, I was supporting the JoyWar just went Carine wrote that feature on my blog (pre-NewsGrist)!<\/p>\n

These are the main news feeds I keep up with, and I won’t even get into the art & tech feeds! If you want more, well, check out my, or their, blog rolls, usually links @ right….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember when I used to post a ridiculous amount of links to stories, quotes and movements in American politics? I mean, Carine Zaayman even mentioned the blog, and its left leanings, on artthrob. 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