Dubious domain

I used to get my daily news from national news networks such as FOX News and occasionally MSNBC. Thus, I never really had a problem keeping up with the news. However, since I’ve been at college, finding time to watch television has been getting harder and harder, so I needed a more convenient news outlet. Enter the Internet.\nAs we know, there is a ton of information on the Web, and figuring out what news is worth reading each day is difficult. Luckily for me, when it came to watching FOX News, the brilliant minds behind the news network would go through the stories, and each program would air only the most important news of the day.\nBut when I’m relying on the Internet, I don’t have people there to decipher the stories like the experts at the news studios do. So, for a few weeks I stuck mostly to MSN.com and FOXNews.com, but I eventually became tired of the same stuff week after week, and decided I would try something a little revolutionary: Digg.com.\nFor those unfamiliar with exactly how Digg.com works, it’s a Web site where users can vote on the articles they find most compelling or interesting. The more votes or “diggs” the article receives, the higher it will be ranked on the Web site, and more people are thus going to want to check it out. People can even comment on the articles, and the comments can be rated. The well-rated comments will be shown, while the poorly-rated comments will be covered up.\nWhile I’m sure you enjoyed that interesting background information, I didn’t write this article to simply tell you about an interesting news outlet. Instead, my intention is to let you know how Digg.com — and I suspect other similar news sources — are abused by a portion of the people who use them to promote their political agendas.\nRemember the Internet craze of Congressman Ron Paul? He didn’t win a single primary, but when it came to the Internet, he seemed to win almost all the polls. Well, now they have another candidate. And from what I’ve seen on Digg.com, it’s a relentless attack, or shall I say a spam, of Barack Obama material.\nEvery article I’ve seen concerning the candidates is either promoting Sen. Barack Obama in all his glory or attacking anything the wicked Sen. Hillary Clinton says or does. How can every article talking about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright actually be attacking Clinton or supporting Obama? It’s plainly obvious to me that these supporters are attacking or censoring anything against their political preferences.\nWhat I find ironic, however, is how so many of these supporters also hate Scientology because of how it attacks and censors those who speak out against it. Let me say, I’m strongly against Scientology, but I’m not sure how I can side with these Internet users and their beloved anonymity when they are so plainly and visibly hypocritical.\nLooks like I may have to go back to television if I want credible, balanced news.