American Elections

Reading through some of the blogs that are related to the American election is like navigating a political minefield with different opinions coming at you from every angle. Be they Republican or Democrat. While most of them are pugwash there are a few expections with the most notable in my opinion being www.huffingtonpost.com and www.drudgereport.com

Handily enough on the homepage of the Huffington Post they have  a John Mc Cain and Barack Obama section with all posts with these tags included. On the right hand side on both of these pages is a section which links to the most popular Mc Cain or Obama stories. As a journalism student I really appreciate this as it allows one to read into and research many aspects of their campaigns. There are also a lot of videos on the site which help to give the readers a wider picture of the issues being discussed.

The home page on the Drudge Report is a lot harder to navigate with long reams of text which leaves the reader with a lot of navigating to do just to find a story they want to read however the thing about the Drudge Report is that it is a site that is essentially an external link site and I think they should be applauded for this as it is a rare quality and gives the users more options in terms of story content.