Like any blog that is trying to establish itself, NWW has been seeking out well placed links, in an effort to get people to come and have a look. That means I've been adding myself to blog rings and directories, among other things. One of the major blog directories in Canada appears to be Blogs Canada. It's a useful site and they did give me the little "thumbs up" symbol when they listed me under What's New.
But what is wrong with this picture? You guessed it. Under Politics, they have two categories - Politics General and Politics Right. Why are they separating right leaning blogs from the others? That's ok, but why not call the other category Politics Left? As it is, the directory structure suggests that there are "normal political views" and then there are those, ugh, right wing people.
I'm not going to honour the modern Canadian tradition and ask for a CRTC review or anything like that. Blogs Canada can set themselves up however they like. But I wonder if we ought to tell them we think it makes them look mighty partial. How about it? Especially everyone flying under the Red Ensign? Any ideas or opinions?
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PS.
Flea kindly points out that Blogs Canada does have a Politics Left section. The dirty rats. It turns out that their table runs left to right and not top to bottom as I had supposed. D-oh!
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