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| editor = [[Editor in chief]]: Rob Kall
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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|accessdate=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)|The Intelligencer]]|date=February 5, 2007}}</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>
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==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’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’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/>}}
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