This page helps you choose where you want to comment and then learn how to comment efficiently on your chosen blog or news source.

1. News sites with especially active comment sections
   1. New York Times
      1. good help on how to comment.
      2.  “NYT Picks” are a selection of comments judged the most interesting and thoughtful.
   2. Washington Post
      1. Not as discriminating as NY Times.
      2. Lots of “conversations”
   3. Huffington Post
      1. Mostly lefty comments
      2. Clearly pro-Obama
   4. Salon – tried a sample post
   5. Alternet – didn’t look yet
   6.  Politico
      1. Political news about campaigns, Congress, lobbyists and issues.
      2. Moderate
   7. The Hill
      1. “top US political website, read by the White House and more lawmakers than any other site — vital for policy, politics and election campaigns” 
      2. Lots of anti-Obama stuff
   8. Real Clear Politics
      1. Seems more conservative
      2. Active, lots of comments
2. Social media sites
   1. Twitter
   2. Facebook
   3. Google+
   4. Tumblr
   5. Pinterst
3. Independent blogs
4. Amazon books
5. Political discussion forums
   1. Daily Kos (left) 
      1. calls out ‘recommended” comments 
   2. Political Hotwire
      1. Good discussions
   3. Defending the Truth:
      1. mixed bag left/right
      2. most topics had fewer than 20 comments
   4. Debate Politics
      1. Huge site- 8Mposts, 0ver 23,000 members
   5. Political Forum
      1. fairly balanced
      2. 4000 posts/day
   6. Liberal Forum
      1. Has liberals-only chat room (‘right wingers should not enter”)
      2. 868,607 total posts, 16,876 members 0n the day I looked
   7. US Message Board
      1. Very large, well over 100,000 messages.
      2.  Several topics (media, healthcare, congress)

An Example: on Salon.com was an article about Trump speaking at a fourth grade level. I decided to post the zFacts story about bombing the fictitious Disney city, a simple copy & paste. To comment, you must have an account. You can sign in using Facebook or Google. After choosing Facebook, for example, you are asked to pick a “display name” which everyone will see. You are also asked for your email address and to create password. You are then registered with Salon and may comment or “like” any article.