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I'd also love to see a news site that consciously avoided a "neutral point of view."

In reading blogs for the past couple of years, I've found that, contrary to the moral of the "blind men and the elephant," a collection of opinions can provide better understanding about an issue or event than any "objective" news report. (I've also developed a gag-reflex to the studied blandness of newswriting and the absurd, forced balance of he-said, she said reporting). I think a blog reader (at least those who bother to read more than Rush Limbaugh-type dittohead sites) would be demonstrably better informed about, say, Iraq than someone who relied exclusively on The New York Times and the CBS Evening News, and not just because of shoddy reporting and overreliance on disinformation from government sources.

Imagine a site that ran a report about the battle of Fallujah featuring short, unmediated essays by:

- A military expert
- A Middle East expert
- A soldier
- A resident of Fallujah
- An anti-war activist
- A Bush supporter

I know it's possible, because I've come across all of those voices online. The report could also lay out basic factual information and pull together links to historical info, timelines, etc. It'd make the nightly news look like "Barney & Friends" in comparison.