The other day we asked if you could identify which website belonged to which news or political organization.  Here are the answers:

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If you believe that the media is “fair & balanced,” then I have some swampland in Florida I’d like to sell you. 

Ever since the Big 3 TV networks lost their grip on the evening news and gave way to the 24-hour cable and Internet news cycle, the amount of objective news in the mainstream media has decreased dramatically to make way for a new brand of “infotainment.” 

News is now a profit center, and the best way to make money in today’s crowded information marketplace is to take a point of view and sensationalize.  So instead of Walter Cronkite saying “That’s the way it is,” we now have Glenn Beck calling President Obama “a racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people.”

Just to demonstrate this point, I captured the front page of four major mainstream news websites and two political websites on the day that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  A polarizing event like this allows us to instantly see the organization’s bias.  Note that I had to erase identifying information from two of the screen captures, but otherwise these images are untouched.

Can you guess which site belongs to which organization?  I will post the answers tomorrow.  Here are the websites, in alphabetical order:

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