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How open-minded are you?
Posted by: Voter___ ()
Date: April 30, 2010 10:16AM

Slate.com has an interesting feature today that will search your browser history to find news sites you have visited recently and analyze the distribution of your sources. Take the test and post your results:

http://www.slate.com/id/2252247/

Sites Visited:
RealClearPolitics (93% conservative)
The Washington Times (76% conservative)
Salon (34% conservative)
Politico (65% conservative)
Slate (49% conservative)
Washington Post (37% conservative)
Drudge Report (93% conservative)
The Huffington Post (30% conservative)
The New York Times (40% conservative)
Fox News (88% conservative)
CNN (54% conservative)

At these sites, the readership is on average 60 percent conservative, 40 percent liberal

Your isolation index is +23, meaning that, on the bell curve of all readers, your news diet is 23 percentage points to the right.

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Re: How open-minded are you?
Posted by: WashingTone-Locian ()
Date: April 30, 2010 10:29AM

I'm a goddamn conservative Renaissance Man, apparently.


Sites Visited:
PolitiFact (51% conservative)
The Hill (75% conservative)
Christian Science Monitor (48% conservative)
RealClearPolitics (93% conservative)
Financial Times (81% conservative)
The Washington Times (76% conservative)
The Economist (56% conservative)
World Net Daily (83% conservative)
The White House (58% conservative)
Politico (65% conservative)
BusinessWeek (72% conservative)
Chicago Tribune (44% conservative)
CBS News (64% conservative)
CNBC (58% conservative)
Wall Street Journal (70% conservative)
Washington Post (37% conservative)
ABC News (60% conservative)
Drudge Report (93% conservative)
USA Today (60% conservative)
The Huffington Post (30% conservative)
The New York Times (40% conservative)
Fox News (88% conservative)
CNN (54% conservative)
MSNBC (57% conservative)

At these sites, the readership is on average 63 percent conservative, 37 percent liberal

Your isolation index is +31, meaning that, on the bell curve of all readers, your news diet is 31 percentage points to the right.

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