This doesn’t bode well

A few weeks ago I started reading PolitiFact after hearing a bit on NPR. I like fact-checking—an important journalistic skill quite different from refereeing volleys of unexamined claims from representatives on both sides of an issue—and I love the existence of the Pants-on-Fire rating. I periodically check out Barry Eisler’s blog. Then Christa pointed out Robert Reich’s blog, and I’ve poked around through the archives a bit.

But today I started reading Daily Kos, something I have specifically avoided doing up until now. I sort of feel like the others are gateway blogs, and now I’m getting into the hard stuff.

I really don’t need more online time sinks. Or reasons to get pissed off. Nor do I have any desire to be a political blog junkie. I need to believe I can stop any time I want.

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