Available in | English |
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Owner | Rob Kall |
Created by | Rob Kall |
Editor | Rob Kall (Editor in chief) |
URL | opednews |
Registration | Optional |
Users | 36,000 +[1] |
Launched | 28 February 2003[2] |
Current status | Active |
OpEdNews is a United States–based progressive/liberal news, antiwar activism, and opinion website founded by Rob Kall in 2003.[2][3]
It is a hybrid news, community blog and article aggregation site that publishes opinion-based articles, news stories, and diaries while its mission, according to the site, is to "... provide a content management, social networking website that supports progressive communications resources and tools for activism and advocacy organizations." Being a news-source for many mainstream media, independent websites and blogs, OpedNews calls itself "a Drudge Report for progressives".[4][5]
The site regularly features articles by journalists (including media critic Jeff Cohen[6] and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges),[7] politicians (including US Senator Bernie Sanders[8] and former U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich),[9] and commentators and activists (including Michael Moore[10] and Medea Benjamin[11]) as well as first-time writers.
In 2014, technorati ranked OpEdNews.com among the top 100 blogs for politics, uspolitics. world, green, and health, and listed it as among the "Top 100 blogs overall",[12] while Mediaite showed founder Kall ranked as one of the top 200 print/online columnists.[13]