About Newsprism
1. The Blog
Newsprism.wordpress.com is the complementary blog for Newsprism.com, a news portal containing links to 100 of the Internet’s most popular news sites, blogs, and columnists, all ranked by political orientation from left to right.
“Following news and politics with a big shovel,” Newsprism.wordpress.com combines serious media criticism and political analysis with a satirical style. For more details, please read our inaugural post, “Squeal Like a Pig.”
2. The Portal
Focusing on American politics, Newsprism.com ranks 36 news and commentary sites from left-leaning magazines (The Progressive, The New Republic,) newspapers (The New York Times, The Washington Post,) and television news organizations (CBS News, ABC News, CNN,) to leading right-leaning newspapers (The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times,) Internet news sites (Drudge Report, newsmax) and magazines (National Review, The Weekly Standard.) Four sites judged to be centrist/objective make up the middle of the “prism”: The Des Moines Register, Real Clear Politics, Polling Report, and Politico.
Also included are 16 left-leaning blogs (Daily Kos, Huffington Post) and 16 right-leaning blogs (Instapundit, PowerLine) as well as 16 prominent progressive columnists (Joe Kline, Paul Krugman, Frank Rich) and 16 prominent conservative columnists (Pat Buchanan, Peggy Noonan, George Will.) These 64 sites are not ranked, but simply listed in alphabetical order.
Newsprism is intended to guide you to some of the web’s most popular (and sometimes best) news and commentary sites while evaluating their political orientations as objectively as possible. The rankings, which are represented by a prism running from blue/progressive to red/conservative, are generated using a combination of targeted keyword searches and our independent news judgment.
3. Timeless News
Timeless News publishes news satire, which originally appeared online under the name RealStupidNews.com. Promising to “Skew the News and Skewer the Newsmakers,” RealStupidNews took aim at the left and right with equal abandon, earning friends–and enemies–on both sides of the aisle. The site won several awards at thesatireawards.com, including Best Overall Satire, and was featured on The Neal Boortz Show (scroll down to read “Kerry to Endorse New Purple Heart Band-Aids.”) RealStupidNews attracted a large number of libertarians and libertarian conservatives, leading the Libertarian Party to recruit RealStupid, aka Dr. Preston Coleman of Gainesville State College, as the official announcer and a featured speaker at the 2004 Libertarian National Convention in Atlanta, GA.
4. Political Satire
Dr. Coleman also write short fiction, which has been called “brilliant,” “powerful,” and “a public service.” The paperback versions of four of his works were featured in Independent Press Quarterly and Small Press Review.
You can read five stories ranging from 16,000 to 60,000 words at PrestonColeman.com. The cover art is courtesy of Art Rosenbaum and Marjorie Yergin.
Kingdoms of Paper and Glass–The Adventures of Beasly Biltmore in the War for the Gossamer Globes, a fantasy of 60,000 words sending up the Reagan Revolution. Originally published by Aegina Press.
The Oinky Boinky Machine, an environmental fable of 16,000 words aimed at Big Oil and the Bush misadministrations. Originally published by Piccolo Press.
Elmo Frumpkin, a farce of 23,000 words in which a reclusive hermit-philosopher is introduced, rudely, to American society. Originally published by Piccolo Press.
The Tennessee Leprechaun, a folktale of 35,000 words envisioning a post-apocalyptic America with a brutal, bloody ending for the US Congress. Originally published by Piccolo Press.
Those Arkansaw Bumkins, or, A Gremlin In His Goober, a filthy fairy tale of 13,000 words mocking the misdeeds of Billy Bumkin and Hilda Hamrod in Capital City. Originally published online by RebelHollerPress.
And coming soon, Eddie Bear’s Big Parade, a parody of Winnie the Pooh and a tribute to the current administration.
5. Academic Success Associates
Dr. Coleman runs an online business devoted to helping college students and college-bound students perform at their academic peak.
Cafe 2400 helps high school juniors and seniors maximize their scores on the SAT test.
CollegeSuccess gives college students a plan for succeeding in their crucial freshman years and throughout their college careers.
CollegeSucksAss takes a much, much more irreverant approach to college success. Warning: not for everybody!
Dr. Coleman’s College Success Bookstore offers readers some of the best books available on topics related to achieving success in high school, college, and beyond.
