Blue news in illinois

[Guns Aximbo]

Are there ANY news papers published in Illinois that lean left? I can't read the tribune. I canceled my subscription because it became so red it gaged me.

I would like a list of the right wing and the left wing news papers published in Illinois can anyone help?

[Tweed]

1. It depends on where you live Guns

I'm sure someone else can you fill in on Chicago, but the only liberal paper I know downstate is "Illinois Times" which is a weekly paper that comes from Springfield.

Here's a link: http://www.illinoistimes.com/gbase/Gyrosite/index.html

I actually should start posting stories from them more often. They run Tom Tomorrow (which I'm not a big fan, but you can generally tell if a paper is liberal or not by the presence of that guy's cartoon), they focus on cultural events in Central Illinois, and they tend to have more liberal editorials. It's a start. If you are looking for Chicago, I can help a little, but like I said, I'll leave that to a larger expert.


On edit: I found this website for Illinois newspapers: http://www.usnpl.com/ilnews.html It lists all the major newpapers in every town. You could hunt around and look at editoral pages, but I think for the most part it's all right wing or partisan outside of Chicago (which is funny because it's all right wing too at the Trib and Sun-Times). I try to read the Southeren Illinosan, State Journal- Register, Peoria Star Journal, Belleville News Democrat, and the Pantagraph. I would say the Pantagraph is the best of them all. Sadly, the Chicago Defender is not list on this site. Does anyone know if the Defender just doesn't have a website?

[Guns Aximbo]

2. You are a Prince

Thanks very much. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Can o Beans]

3. How can any blue voter not like Tom Tomorrow?

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[Tweed]

4. I guess I shouldn't say I don't like him, more just it's not my favorite

I just don't like his style I guess. The things he says are too obvious to be funny? I've never done more then grinned at a Tom Tomorrow. Maybe I even have an ingrained prejudice against it now.

[Tweed]

5. No one has any Chicago ideas?

This is kind of absurd, but okay. Check out www.chicagoreader.com. They will take stories from a local level and write long, in-depth article on them. They also cover alot of arts & entertainment, as well as bands and classifieds, but they do have some good local news.

[Logansquare]

6. It's really a news magazine, but try the Chicago Reporter

www.chicagoreporter.com

And although the editorial page is fairly right wing, the reporting in the Sun Times is vastly better and offers more coverage of minorities than does the Tribune. I have a friend who is a reporter there, and she says the ousting of Black as editor will do great things for the paper.