The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post (often shortened to HuffPost or HuffPo) is a left-leaning political group weblog founded by Arianna Huffington. Begun on May 9, 2005, it is notable because of its early success and prominence as a dominantly leftist news and commentary outlet, and its feature of Huffington's network of prominent friends from various fields and viewpoints.

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Left - Weblog - Arianna Huffington - May 9 - 2005

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In addition to regular, almost-daily columns by Huffington and a core group of contributors (notably Harry Shearer, John Conyers, Cindy Sheehan), the HuffPost has featured notable celebrity contributors from politics, journalism, business, and entertainment, as well as other relative unknowns. Because of the prominence and access of its contributors, the HuffPost regularly publishes scoops of current news stories, otherwise providing links to selected prominent news stories, providing a left counterpoint to the link-heavy style of The Drudge Report. Compared to other left blogs like the expertise-heavy Znet or the long-established DailyKos, the HuffPost draws a balance between hard news commentary and celebrity opinion features.

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Harry Shearer - John Conyers - Cindy Sheehan - Scoop - The Drudge Report - Znet - DailyKos - Hard news

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The blog is considered leftist and primarily dominated by United States politics, but occasional "right-wing" views are featured.

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United States - Right-wing

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