Originally an internal tool for ABC News, “The Note” has become the site for daily political gossip and commentary in The Beltway:
The Note, which culls and analyzes political news from at least 40 newspapers, magazines, and television shows, went online January 14. Before that, it was an internal guide to politics meant to help ABC’s staff plan the day’s newscasts and come up with story ideas. But The Note didn’t stay inside the office. Bootleg versions were sent to friends, sources, and fellow journalists. […]
Mr. Halperin said just when he and his colleagues started grappling with The Note’s unwanted circulation, ABC’s Web team asked them to maintain the politics content for the Web site. Mr. Halperin decided to use a slightly modified Note as the site’s anchor. […]
This article was the first I’ve heard of The Note, but I like it already. Political news can easily be dry, but The Note manages to be glib and almost witty at times.
My favorite web page for glib and witty comments (admitantly conservative comments) about current “political goings on” is the Wall Street Journal’s OpinionJournal.com.
Every weekday they do a feature called “Best of the Web Today” in which the editors of the Journal search the web for mainstream and not-so-mainstream political news and then “jazz it up” with thier own political commentary.
I definitely recommend checking it out at: http://www.opinionjournal.com
Shout to you Dastur. cyrus the virus!!!