A note about the Huffington Post...a right wing rag..

[Stuart G]

Yes, I go there from time to time, and I use some links. .but it is a right wing rag, that pretends to have some kind of open minded ideas about reporting some, yes some progressive slants on the news. It has a wide variety of stories, (a very wide variety) but it is a picture mag, of stories. Since it is pictures, what about those pictures...Every picture of Scott Brown running for senator in the last two elections was a good easy to look at picture with no nasty views or angles..no bad poses, no ugly frowns etc..I watched that because I hate Scott Brown..

I have watched over the last 6 weeks or so, and every picture of Jeb Bush is a kinda presidential pose, with a certain almost halo of light about him..again, no nasty views, no frowns, no flaws, carefully picked pictures that say by their presence....."this guy is a good guy" He should be President of the United States. none of the captions say this, but the pictures do.

Now, at 1:08 on Sunday, March 1,2015, there are 4 pictures of Scott Walker on the front page of the Huffington Post. The captions are unimportant. All the pictures are good ones of Scott Walker, 3 of 4 have that presidential look that that Jeb had a week or so ago. None are poor or ugly pictures....go and look..(they will be gone after this is exposed to them...) It is that view of the Scott Walker pictures,.. that makes a rag...right wing rag.

1. Remember, tens of thousands of potential voters go there each day, perhaps hundreds of thousands..pictures are easy to look at, stories are longer and harder to read....this is an internet thing...people stay and leave quickly..often they look at pictures only.

2. It is not owned by Huffington it is owned by a media conglomerate that paid her $300,000,000 million
3. Most people go to the front page only, and they know that.
4. It attracts people to the front page with that huge variety of stories, many very up to date stories...of all kinds.
5. I have watched the pictures they put up of Obama...they are not often attractive..Often those pictures are and the angles and poses that they choose, are very nasty and mean. That is done on purpose..
6. It is occurred to me that the pictures of Bush and Walker have also had a Presidential look on purpose. They were carefully selected to give a certain point of view of those people...
7. But.....today..was enough...4 pictures of Scott Walker...not one, but 4..all looking good after the publicity that he has been getting..

this is no mistake, they are pushing him. like they pushed Scott Brown..and Jeb Bush for the last few weeks. (and will push Bush in the future..unless they change..perhaps it will...
8. Some of the stories may have negativity in them, but the pictures say much more....(look at some of the pictures there of O Reilly, some of those are pretty ugly)
9. Many independents go there thinking that it is a fair news source. Since it does show the progressive side of things from time to time and since it seems from time to time to be independent and fair with progressive slants on some stories..

Yes, some stories are ok, and non political. But the pictures on the front page, in my opinion, say far more than the rest of it.

[DonCoquixote]

1. I'll see that truth and raise you one

The truth is, for all her populist talk, Arianna Huffington is just another former GOP that got thrown out, then decided to hop on the Democratic lifeboat. Then, sadly, like many Blue Dogs, she insisted that after her right wing ship sank itself, she be made the captain of the ship.

[Stuart G]

2. I honestly don't know her history, except she is now rich beyond anyones dreams.

And, she seems to present herself as some kind of openminded liberal..who looks at various important issues.

[DonCoquixote]

3. Former "Log Cabin Republican"

Who got kicked out because the GOP decided that even the most rightwing of Gays were not welcome.

[DonViejo]

5. What? Arianna isn't a member of the LGBT community....

her ex-husband is though. He came out right after losing the US Senate race in CA.

[DonCoquixote]

7. she identified HERSELF as "log Cabin Republican"

and was responsoble for many fundraisers.

http://www.georgialogcabin.org/news/Gay-Lesbian-Republican-Dallas-Texas/98070601.shtml

[Bluenorthwest]

10. No, she spoke at one of their conventions, that's not the same as identifying as a member at all.

She has never identified as LGBT. Ever. She was a Republican back then, she cut her media teeth on MSNBC ranting about Bill Clinton.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Her husband was an elected Republican who came out of the closet and he's still a Republican

He endorsed Arnie over his ex.

[brush]

29. Huff Po before the $300 M sale was somewhat iiberal

It switched overnight after the sale.

I always felt that if Ariana Huffington had been a true liberal she wouldn't have sold (out) and stiffed all her volunteer aggregators — I mean she could have shared some of that $300 M with the people that made the site a success.

And it's not like she, already rich, was hurting for money.

[Stuart G]

30. I agree, before the sale.."was somewhat liberal."

Now, I am saying it tries to look "liberal" but is basically at its roots, what it really wants to do in my opinion, is promote and ultimately support conservative points of view....oh, and make as much money as possible..for AOL. Whatever works, works..So appear to present all points of view, and all kind of stories, but in the end, push in a subtle way, the right wing view..

I watched the stories about Scott Brown. Those stories were positive and flattering. As were the pictures. As we get used to Walker and Rand Paul running, I think the exact same will happen. AOL is not interested in electing anyone who could remotely affect their bottom line. ..see my post on what AOL is...post 25..

[Bluenorthwest]

4. That's a very common story these days, and they all want to be in charge without any real

details about their former right wing activism. Bothers me greatly.

[DonCoquixote]

6. It would not sting so bad

If Arianna was not one of the main voices that would speak for rightwing causes back when she was welcome as a GOP. She was loud and proud about cutting social programs. it is one thing to be a former Republican, as Hillary Clinton and Liz Wareen both are, but it is another to act like you have seen the light when you were clearly THROWN OUT.

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Hillary Clinton was never a Republican, and Huffinton was not throw out of the Republican Party

Her ex husband Mike Huffington is the one who came out of the closet and he's still very much a Republican. Why do you think she got thrown out of the Party? I don't get that.

[DonCoquixote]

11. very simple

because the GOP made it clear that even the Log Cabin Republicans were not welcome, even in CPAC.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/19/log-cabin-republicans-cpac_n_6713948.html

As far as Hillary
http://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/hillary-worked-for-goldwater/

Granted she did change, but it was because SHE decided to change, not because any husband of hers burned bridges.

[DonViejo]

12. She wasn't even eligible to vote in 1964....

unlike another Democrat that was voting for Republicans while Clinton was FLOSA and her husband POTUS.

CPAC is not the Republican Party. Log Cabinites are welcome within the main Party apparatus but not in the splinter organization CPAC.

[Agschmid]

13. C'mon...

They make money off hits, we don't even have a candidate running it's literally the week of CPAC, what else do you expect from a political website.

[hunter]

14. I don't go there for more mundane reasons.

My computer is older, I don't have Adobe Flash installed, I've blocked a couple of the more obnoxious advertising servers (no, not all of them, I think most "free" site owners do deserve advertising revenues) but Huffington Post simply times out or otherwise tries to punish me for that. They simply became unreadable, stalling my browser occasionally, so I blocked them.

But yeah, they're owned, just as NPR is frequently owned, and most mass media is.

[RiverLover]

15. Yeah, this is a GREAT pic of Scott Walker~

From today's front page:


Or consider these Huffpo pics~







http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/scott-walker/

I strongly disagree with this OP.

[Stuart G]

17. I would disagree for this reason...its repetition, not necessarily content.

The four pictures are ok, first two are a bit better. But, I think marketing and sales would give us this clue...repetition, repetition, and more repetition. Why four pics on a Sunday??? Lots of people look on a Sunday

[RiverLover]

18. Those all weren't from today. Its a political paper, they have news pages on all the bigger names

Ie

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/elizabeth-warren/

But your comment helps me understand how you come to your conclusions.

You do realize that Walker keeps stepping in it & making the news, and no one is more regressive than him? Of course that would be covered by a progressive news source. I read Huffpo every day & it only helps get the word out that he is INSANE. And that's he's totally regressive.

[Agschmid]

21. CPAC...

[LWolf]

16. And yet, it's at least as valid a source

as the rest of the msm that so many here seem addicted to.

[obxhead]

26. It doesn't pander to my point of view though.

So nothing there is valid. Nothing damnit!

[libdem4life]

19. I noticed this a few years ago. All you have to do to find her slant is look at the photos. When

she started to have nudes and light porn on the right side, I never went back. She's as bad as O'Reilly...sensationalism posing as news. But that's what the advertisers and apparently the public want. That's the median of our current culture.

[RiverLover]

22. Arianna sold Huffpo to AOL a few years ago.

Probably when you started noticing the nude stuff on the right side.

[libdem4life]

27. Yes, I know. And that timing just may explain it, now that I think about it.

[edhopper]

20. I hate to disagree

But they constantly run critical stories on Republicans and RWers. And supports Obama and Dems like Warren.
Your bullshit is based on pictures? Maybe you should actually the content.
It is anything but right wing.

[Stuart G]

23. Yes there are stories crtical of Republicans.

But repetition of ideas and pictures to use them to formulate ideas..is not "bullshit." Images used over and over again are very powerful. Often more powerful than writing or reading. And..I am entitled to my opinion.
Many of the thousands who visit that site, just look and see images...You may look deeper, but I doubt most read all of the articles. But the mind, I believe imprints certain pictures, and I believe that is what Huffington Post is doing.

[edhopper]

28. I have never found the pictures they

Use of Republicans particularly flattering. I think you are imagining things.
Since they always have a picture with the stories, running stories critical of Republicans would mean photos of them.
Read the comments, the majority of them are liberal.
I don't think this notion of yours has any foundation.
You are just making subjective assumptions about these photos. And another poster showed you wrong about the Walker pics.
Read the content. It was the first site I saw the story about the disastrous JEB foreign policy speech, and they didn't mince words.
I see no evidence for what you say.

[bbgrunt]

24. I gave up on Huffpo when they insisted

on publishing every sputter out of S. Palin's mouth along with a big picture long after she had lost all relevance. It was like they were trying to single-handedly revive her grifting bona fides.

[Stuart G]

25. I watched that too, Sara is still up there. often, ....Huffington Post really is, A division of AOL:

Description Of AOL............from Google Finance:

http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AAOL&ei=6ZjzVMjhK4vYqwGynYGABA

AOL Inc. (AOL) is a global Web services company with a range of brands and offerings, and a global audience. The Company’s business spans online content, products and services, which it offers to consumers, publishers and advertisers. Its business operations are focused on AOL Properties and Third Party Network. AOL Properties include its owned and operated content, products and services in the Content, Local, Paid Services and Consumer Applications areas in addition to its AOL Ventures offerings. It markets its offerings to advertisers on both AOL Properties and the Third Party Network under the brand AOL Advertising. It markets its offerings to publishers on the Third Party Network under the brand Advertising.com and also market offerings as video advertisements distributed through goviral A/S (goviral) and 5 Minutes Ltd (5min Media). It also offers video content management and syndication services and a set of video content management tools for creators and publishers

I do not think this company really is ....progressive

[brush]

31. Yep! It's the former dial-up internet company run by a s_yster who . . .

bought Time Warner and destroyed it's stock value. But not before the s_yter cashed out for billions.