Libertarian Party - Independent Political Report
This blog consists of newspaper articles, Libertarian activist web-site releases and online commentary from new organizations with a Libertarian slant. Obviously, the content is meant to reflect the views of the Libertarian party on current issues such as health care and President Obama's recent address on Afghanistan. It also includes stories that are less political in nature, but relate to the libertarian way of life like an article from the New York Times about the death of John Famularo (secretary of the National Libertarian Party) and an article entitled "How Serious is the Libertarian Party about Being Taken Seriously?". It seems relatively credible - most the the content is derived from newspapers or online news organizations. Of course, almost all of the postings pull information from sources that sympathize with Libertarian ideals and the fight against big government.
This blog consists of newspaper articles, Libertarian activist web-site releases and online commentary from new organizations with a Libertarian slant. Obviously, the content is meant to reflect the views of the Libertarian party on current issues such as health care and President Obama's recent address on Afghanistan. It also includes stories that are less political in nature, but relate to the libertarian way of life like an article from the New York Times about the death of John Famularo (secretary of the National Libertarian Party) and an article entitled "How Serious is the Libertarian Party about Being Taken Seriously?". It seems relatively credible - most the the content is derived from newspapers or online news organizations. Of course, almost all of the postings pull information from sources that sympathize with Libertarian ideals and the fight against big government.
A post entitled "Libertarians opposed to new war plans for Afghanistan" reviews the content of Obama's speech and the prospect of the troop surge and "exit" strategy. The article is from LP.org (Libertarian party website) so naturally it includes quotes from Wes Benedict and William Redpath (leaders of the party) however, because the blogger chose a press release from LP.org, those are the only people interviewed. Commenters pointed out that the article conveniently omits counter arguments from other parties or even from within the Libertarian party itself. In general, Libertarians oppose war and the inevitable costs (human and monetary) it incurs, but having the coverage based solely on one viewpoint is certainly biased (as well it should be for this purpose.)
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