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{{Short description|American news and opinion website}}
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'''''OpEdNews''''' is a [[United States]]-based [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]]/[[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] [[news]], antiwar [[activism]], and opinion [[website]] founded by [[Rob Kall]] in 2003.<ref name="ABOUT"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Katalinas|first=Theresa|title=Bucks Web site grabs piece of the online news market - The highly traveled opednews.com joins the ranks of a growing Web news base.|url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_queryname=1173106EF98EC1A8&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=1173106EF98EC1A8&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%201173106EF98EC1A8%20)&p_nbid=N51H4FMJMTM5OTQ3MDIzMi4yNzcxMjk6MTo3OnJhLTg5OTA|accessdateaccess-date=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)|The Intelligencer]]|date=February 5, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>▼
 
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".<ref name=FE>{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Asavari|title=What the world is reading|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/story-print/457709|accessdateaccess-date=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]|date=May 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Weiner|first=Ed|title=Web War|url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_queryname=0F9FF58EA8711C82&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=0F9FF58EA8711C82&p_text_direct-0=document_id=%28%200F9FF58EA8711C82%20%29&p_nbid=S5DJ5CFWMTM5OTQyMzExNC4yNjM0NTQ6MTo3OnJhLTg5OTA|accessdateaccess-date=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|date=March 24, 2003}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>▼
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The site regularly features articles by journalists (including media critic [[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jeff Cohen author page at OpEdNews |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author1530.html |accessdateaccess-date=May 19, 2014 |newspaper=OpEdNews}}</ref> and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner [[Chris Hedges]]),<ref name="Chris Hedges">{{cite news|title=Chris Hedges|url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author28678.html|accessdateaccess-date=May 19, 2014|newspaper=opednews.com}}</ref> politicians (including US Senator [[Bernie Sanders]]<ref name="Bernie Sanders">{{cite news|title=Bernie Sanders |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author7111.html |accessdateaccess-date=May 19, 2014|newspaper=opednews.com}}</ref> and former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Dennis Kucinich]]),<ref>{{cite news |title=Dennis Kucinich author page at OpEdNews |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author3692.html |accessdateaccess-date=May 19, 2014 |newspaper=OpEdNews}}</ref> and commentators and activists (including [[Michael Moore]]<ref name="Michael Moore">{{cite news|title=Michael Moore|url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author2347.html|accessdateaccess-date=May 19, 2014|newspaper=opednews.com}}</ref> and [[Medea Benjamin]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Medea Benjamin author page at OpEdNews |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author76780.html |accessdateaccess-date=May 23, 2014 |newspaper=OpEdNews}}</ref>) as well as first-time writers.▼
▲'''''OpEdNews''''' is a [[United States]]-based [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]]/[[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] [[news]], antiwar [[activism]], and opinion [[website]] founded by [[Rob Kall]] in 2003.<ref name="ABOUT"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Katalinas|first=Theresa|title=Bucks Web site grabs piece of the online news market - The highly traveled opednews.com joins the ranks of a growing Web news base.|url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_queryname=1173106EF98EC1A8&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=1173106EF98EC1A8&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%201173106EF98EC1A8%20)&p_nbid=N51H4FMJMTM5OTQ3MDIzMi4yNzcxMjk6MTo3OnJhLTg5OTA|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)|The Intelligencer]]|date=February 5, 2007}}</ref>
 
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",<ref name="Technorati">{{cite news|last=staff|title=OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion Site details|archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/query?url=web/20140508071832/http%3A%2F%2Ftechnorati://technorati.com%2Fblogs%2Fwww/blogs/www.opednews.com&date=2014-05-18 |archivedatearchive-date=May 188, 2014 |url-status=dead|url=http://technorati.com/blogs/www.opednews.com|accessdateaccess-date=May 18, 2014|newspaper=[[Technorati]]|year=2014}}</ref> while [[Mediaite]] showed founder Kall ranked as one of the top 200 print/online columnists.<ref name="HP 3">{{cite news|last=Kall|first=Rob|title=Progressive Message Won Big at Oscars|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-kall/progressive-message-won-b_b_489735.html|accessdateaccess-date=May 22, 2014|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]]|date=March 8, 2010}}</ref>▼
▲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".<ref name=FE>{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Asavari|title=What the world is reading|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/story-print/457709|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]|date=May 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Weiner|first=Ed|title=Web War|url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_queryname=0F9FF58EA8711C82&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=0F9FF58EA8711C82&p_text_direct-0=document_id=%28%200F9FF58EA8711C82%20%29&p_nbid=S5DJ5CFWMTM5OTQyMzExNC4yNjM0NTQ6MTo3OnJhLTg5OTA|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]]|date=March 24, 2003}}</ref>
 
▲The site regularly features articles by journalists (including media critic [[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Jeff Cohen author page at OpEdNews |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author1530.html |accessdate=May 19, 2014 |newspaper=OpEdNews}}</ref> and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner [[Chris Hedges]]),<ref name="Chris Hedges">{{cite news|title=Chris Hedges|url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author28678.html|accessdate=May 19, 2014|newspaper=opednews.com}}</ref> politicians (including US Senator [[Bernie Sanders]]<ref name="Bernie Sanders">{{cite news|title=Bernie Sanders |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author7111.html |accessdate=May 19, 2014|newspaper=opednews.com}}</ref> and former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Dennis Kucinich]]),<ref>{{cite news |title=Dennis Kucinich author page at OpEdNews |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author3692.html |accessdate=May 19, 2014 |newspaper=OpEdNews}}</ref> and commentators and activists (including [[Michael Moore]]<ref name="Michael Moore">{{cite news|title=Michael Moore|url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author2347.html|accessdate=May 19, 2014|newspaper=opednews.com}}</ref> and [[Medea Benjamin]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Medea Benjamin author page at OpEdNews |url=http://www.opednews.com/author/author76780.html |accessdate=May 23, 2014 |newspaper=OpEdNews}}</ref>) 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",<ref name="Technorati">{{cite news|last=staff|title=OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion Site details|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffly.jiuhuashan.beauty%3A443%2Fhttp%2Ftechnorati.com%2Fblogs%2Fwww.opednews.com&date=2014-05-18 |archivedate=May 18, 2014 |url=http://technorati.com/blogs/www.opednews.com|accessdate=May 18, 2014|newspaper=[[Technorati]]|year=2014}}</ref> while [[Mediaite]] showed founder Kall ranked as one of the top 200 print/online columnists.<ref name="HP 3">{{cite news|last=Kall|first=Rob|title=Progressive Message Won Big at Oscars|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-kall/progressive-message-won-b_b_489735.html|accessdate=May 22, 2014|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]]|date=March 8, 2010}}</ref>
 
==Background==
In early 2003, Kall had heard a [[Colin Powell]] speech about why the United States "had" to go to war with Iraq and felt that Powell's reasons were disingenuous.<ref name=OMT/> Wishing to "publish the Truth", Kall began a personal blog which developed into OpEdNews.<ref name=OMT/>
 
{{blockquote|"OEN is a publication for the people. In the evolution of it I listened to the readers, writers, and editors. The more I listened to these people, the better the site did. Hardly anything is assigned – it’sit's just people writing about what they want out there, and expressing what they care about. Oped News is written by regular people. Watchdog organizations, whistle-blowers, and people interested in social responsibility like us because we’rewe're inclined to publish them. One of the main purposes of Oped News is to give the people who know the real truth an opportunity to be heard. We get between 1000 and 2000 articles submitted each month." - |{{sic}} Rob Kall <ref name=OMT/>}}
 
== Editorial philosophy ==
''OpEdNews''' goal is to be holistic, to cover [[politics]], [[arts]] ([[movies]], [[books]], [[music]], [[theater]], etc.,) [[sciences]], [[health]], [[Massmass media]], [[business]], [[technology]], [[sports]], [[travel]], [[citizen journalism]] and various strange and unusual stuff.
 
''OpEdNews'' uses a custom built content management system designed by founder Rob Kall,<ref name=OMT/> produced by populum.com. It includes features not found in other blog/media content management sites, such as an image search and insertion program that finds creative commons images and inserts them in content with attribution automatically included, a multi-level editing system that allows editors with different degrees of responsibility to access a queue of submitted articles and edit then accept or reject them. The site has over 50 editors who volunteer their time to review hundreds of submissions each month.<ref name=OMT>{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Marina|title=A Voice For Truth – Rob Kall|url=http://omtimes.com/2012/03/a-voice-for-truth-rob-kall/|accessdateaccess-date=May 8, 2014|newspaper=OM Times Magazine|date=March 23, 2012}}</ref>
 
Opednews is one of 4500 websites indexed by [[Google News]].<ref>{{cite web|last=staff|title=Member/Writers Guidelines|url=http://www.opednews.com/populum/writersguidelines.php|publisher=opednews.com|accessdateaccess-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref>
 
== Editorial staff ==
Senior Editorial Board:<ref>{{cite web|last=staff|title=OpEdNews Masthead|url=http://www.opednews.com/populum/masthead.php|publisher=opednews.com|accessdateaccess-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref>
* Executive editor: Rob Kall<ref name=Scoop>{{cite news|last=Spritzler|first=John|title=Beware of Dangerous Articles by Rob Kall of OpEdNews|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1404/S00235/beware-of-dangerous-articles-by-rob-kall-of-opednews.htm|accessdateaccess-date=May 22, 2014|newspaper=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]]|date=April 30, 2014}}</ref>
* Managing editors: Sheila Samples, LindaMeryl Milazzo,Ann John MoffettButler, MerylScott Ann ButlerBaker
* Senior editors: [[Walter Brasch]], Joan Brunwasser, Josh Mitteldorf, [[Scott Baker (journalist)|Scott Baker]], Jerry Policoff, JohnMarta ReedSteele,
 
==Recognition==
OpEdNews founder Rob Kall is ranked by [[Mediaite]] as one of the top 200 online/print columnists.<ref name="HP 3"/><ref name=Mediaite>{{cite web|last=staff|title=The Mediaite Influence Index: Rob Kall - #178 among Print / Online Columnists|url=http://www.mediaite.com/power-grid/person/?q=Rob+Kall|publisher=[[Mediaite]]|accessdateaccess-date=May 20, 2014|archive-date=May 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230930/http://www.mediaite.com/power-grid/person/?q=Rob+Kall|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
The OpEdNews site and its contributing experts have been quoted by various sides of the political spectrum in sources including ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Seib|first=Gerald F.|title=Party's Left Pushes for a Seat at the Table|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121969145343270091?mod=googlenews_wsj&mg=reno64-wsj&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffly.jiuhuashan.beauty%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121969145343270091.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]]|date=August 26, 2008}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Peter|title=Favorites of Left Don't Make Obama's Court List|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3D61630F935A15756C0A96F9C8B63|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Cillizza|first=Cheis|title=The Fix|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/afternoon-fix/afternoon-fixdick-lugar-tells.html|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=February 8, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Ransom|first=Jan|title=Commish sets rules on civilians' pix|url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-07/news/30253631_1_police-officer-videotape-violent-arrests|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=October 7, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Koehler|first=Robert|title=Pragmatic racism|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-05/opinion/sns-201209051600--tms--rkoehlerctnbk-a20120905-20120905_1_voter-suppression-jim-crow-political-power|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 5, 2012}}</ref> ''[[RT News]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=staff|title=Occupy Boston leads to mass arrests|url=http://rt.com/usa/occupy-boston-pramas-immortal-629/|accessdate=May 13, 2014|newspaper=[[RT News]]|date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Fox News]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=staff|title=Obama Catches Heat From the Left|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/01/05/obama-catches-heat-from-left/|accessdate=May 13, 2014|newspaper=[[Fox News]]|date=January 5, 2009}}</ref> ''[[NewsMax]]'',<ref name="NM 1">{{cite news|last=[[Moneynews]]|title=Baker: S&P Downgrade Is Another Rating Agency Failure|url=http://www.newsmax.com/StreetTalk/S-P-ratingsagency-Medicare-healthcarecosts/2011/08/08/id/406489/|accessdate=May 13, 2014|newspaper=[[News Max]]|date=August 8, 2011}}</ref><ref name="NM 2">{{cite news|last=staff|title=Tom Wolfe's Critique; Colin Powell; Jeb Bush; Wesley Clark |url=http://www.newsmax.com/InsiderReport/Wolfe-Powell-Bush-Clark/2008/06/22/id/339886/|accessdate=May 13, 2014|newspaper=[[News Max]]|date=June 22, 2008}}</ref> ''[[Breitbart]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Manjarres|first=Javier|title=Alan Grayson Attacks Navy Vet and GOP Congressional Opponent|url=http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2014/03/20/Alan-Grayson-Attacks-Navy-Vet-and-GOP-Congressional-Opponent|accessdate=May 13, 2014|newspaper=[[Breitbart]]|date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> as well as ''[[Free Republic]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Burgwin|first=Becky|title=They Can Already Taste blood and They are Ready to Kill... Our America|url=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1098873/posts|accessdate=May 13, 2014|newspaper=[[Free Republic]]|date=March 16, 2004}}</ref> ''[[RedState]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=staff|title=Fundamental Islam is Winning|url=http://archive.redstate.com/blogs/haystack/2006/sep/02/fundamental_islam_is_winning|accessdate=May 13, 2014|newspaper=[[RedState]]|year=2008}}</ref> and ''[[Townhall.com]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hengler|first=Greg|title='These Tax Day Tea Parties Are A Sham And A Fraud!'|url=http://townhall.com/tipsheet/greghengler/2009/04/14/these_tax_day_tea_parties_are_a_sham_and_a_fraud!|accessdate=May 13, 2014|newspaper=[[Townhall.com]]|date=April 14, 2009}}</ref>
 
The opinions shared by experts on the OpEdNews.com website have themselves been used as sources upon which many books have been written and published.
 
The site was a nominee in the 2007 Blogger's Choice Awards for 'Best Political Blog', 'Best Blog Design', and 'Best Education Blog.<ref>{{cite web|last=staff |archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070509044224/http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/21137 |archivedatearchive-date=May September 279, 20132007 |title=2007 Bloggers choice award nominees|url=http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/21137|work=May 9, 2007|publisher=bloggerschoiceawards.com|accessdateaccess-date=May 7, 2014}}</ref>
 
In 2013, ''Opednews'' (new media) and founder Rob Kall became the first media winners of the Pillar Human Rights Award for International Persons of Conscience for supporting [[whistleblower]]s and the [[first amendment]], awarded by the 2013 Whistleblower Summit for Civil & Human Rights as hosted by [[Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now|ACORN 8]] and Federally Employed Women-Legal Education Fund (FEW/LEF).<ref name=ACRORN8>{{cite web|last=McCray|first=Michael|title=Whistleblower Summit Civil & Human Rights Conference July 29-31, 2013, Pillar Award Presentation|url=http://www.acorn8.com/|publisher=[[Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now{{!}}|ACORN 8]]|accessdateaccess-date=May 22, 2014 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518150508/http://www.webcitationacorn8.orgcom/6Pm9tqRj5|archivedatearchive-date=May 2218, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Free Press">{{cite news|last=McCray|first=Michael|title=CBC Chair Marcia Fudge, Senators Ron Wyden, Rand Paul and OpEdNews / Rob Kall honored with the Pillar Human Rights Award|url=http://freepress.org/article/cbc-chair-marcia-fudge-senators-ron-wyden-rand-paul-and-opednews-rob-kall-honored-pillar|accessdateaccess-date=May 22, 2014|newspaper=[[Columbus Free Press]]|date=July 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name="OEN 2">{{cite news|last= McCray|first=Michael|title=CBC Chair Marcia Fudge, Senators Ron Wyden, Rand Paul and OpEdNews / Rob Kall honored with the Pillar Human Rights Award|url=http://www.opednews.com/articles/CBC-Chair-Marcia-Fudge-Se-by-Michael-McCray-130725-375.html|accessdateaccess-date=May 20, 2014|newspaper=OpEdNews|date=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="BTR 1">{{cite news|last=staff|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/envision-this/2013/10/24/rob-kall-change-from-the-bottom-up |format=audio link|title=Rob Kall -Change from the Bottom Up|accessdateaccess-date=May 20, 2014|newspaper=[[Blog Talk Radio|Envision This]] |date=October 23, 2013}} [http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rob-Kall-s-Vision--A-Tran-by-Burl-Hall-Books_Change_Energy_Interviews-131110-706.html transcript]</ref>
 
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==External links==
* {{Official website|httphttps://www.opednews.com}}
 
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