Punditry

Punditry is the practice of offering one's opinion on a particular subject of which one has considerable knowledge. A pundit can be an expert on politics, social issues, sports, or any other issue. Pundits analyze facts and publish their opinions in order to facilitate discussion of important issues.

On the blogosphere, punditry is widespread; pundits are common sources of news for many web surfers. This can be both good and bad: while many pundits are eminently qualified in their fields, others are lacking credentials or other proof of their special knowledge of their chosen subject. In the realm of politics, the leading pundits are evenly divided between Republican and Democratic viewpoints. This can be troublesome in American politics, where the line between conservative and liberal is so deeply drawn as to resemble an unbridgeable gap.

While political analysis is always subjective, some complain that strongly conservative and strongly liberal pundits tend to go too far, contributing to the development of increasingly divisive cultural and intellectual spheres. Nonetheless, punditry-based websites are hugely popular, indicating that highly opinionated analysis is simply more interesting to read than neutral reporting.

Still, "pundit" threatens to become a derogatory term in our culture, where once it held no judgmental value. Certainly, many of today's pundits would appreciate the irony of that semantic shift.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Punditry”

• A view from inside the sausage factory

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 148
  Ever wonder what it is that lobbyists do? Jim Grace and Luke Ledbetter, respectively a partner and an associate with Baker Botts LLP who do lobbying work for the firm, give us the scoop about how they go about their business and how to be successful at it. Some of their points can be seen as basic life lessons. ...
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• A defense of CCHD

  
  The Curt Jester — Authority: 561
  Letter from the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Peace and Justice and the Campaign for Human Development: The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the domestic social justice, antipoverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Its goal is to break the cycle of poverty through ...
  21 hours ago

• Some things never change

  
  The Curt Jester — Authority: 561
  It is an attempt to establish a theocracy to take charge of our politics and our legislation. It is an attempt to make the legislative power of this country subordinate to the church. It is not only to unite Church and State, but it is to put the State in subordination to the dictates of the church. And another ...
  23 hours ago

• Friday morning buffet

  
  Get The Picture — Authority: 626
  You don’t need to waive a pellet gun around here to get served. While many of us are worried about how Willie Martinez is going to get the troops (and himself, for that matter) prepared for Gus Malzahn’s offense , I’m simply relieved that I won’t see Martinez squaring off against this . Dan Jenkins may ...
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• A human religion

  
  The Curt Jester — Authority: 561
  Mark Shea on the excuse making for the murderous Muslim officer. ...And it means we are absolute idiots to go on ignoring the fact that a) Islam has plenty of room in its body of doctrine for this sort of brutal violence; b) Islam has plenty of people who approve of this kind of violence and are in various stages of ...
  2 days ago

• Sean Hannity Promises to Respond to Comedy Show That Fact-Checked Him [Punditry]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 872
  We all saw the Daily Show fact-checking Fox clip, right? Where Hannity reused 9/12 rally footage and pretended it was from last week? Guess what: Hannity is going to "respond" tonight, on his show!...
  2 days ago

• Very disconcerting

  
  The Curt Jester — Authority: 561
  Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy has described comments by Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin questioning his faith because of his stance on abortion and health care reform as "very disconcerting." Kennedy made his comments after Bishop Tobin indefinitely postponed a planned Thursday meeting. He said that the bishop ...
  3 days ago

• Tune In, Turn On, Hang About

  
  Guy Fawkes' blog — Authority: 658
  Do pay attention chaps, PMQs is at 3pm, not midday today… The PMQs live-chat will be live on this blog starting at 2.55 pm… Tagged: Profundity of the Punditry
  3 days ago

• Biggest Problem in Airbus A380: Software

  
  Karl Katzke — Authority: 91
  Software problems are the #1 thing that will keep an Airbus A380 on the ground . Yes, airplanes are complicated things … but at the same time, not much is required to keep most of them in the air . The thing that speaks volumes to me about these problems are a few key quotes. Clark says that the problem with ...
  3 days ago

• Tuesday morning buffet

  
  Get The Picture — Authority: 626
  Lots of goodies to pick from today: You wonder how long David Hale has been sitting on this pun .  Nicely played, sir. “I am the athletic director, I can go in.” That’s the kind of year it’s been at Michigan. Notre Dame hasn’t won a national championship in two decades.  It hasn’t won a BCS game ...
  4 days ago

• Speccie v Staggers on Communism and Circulation

  
  Guy Fawkes' blog — Authority: 658
  In the week we celebrate the Fall of the Wall (more in this coming week’s Guidogram ) the covers of our political weeklies are worth comparing.  The Speccie reveals and condemns Soviet agents at the highest levels of the Labour Party.  The New Statesman glories in a cover with a flattering (old) picture of ...
  4 days ago

• Ann Coulter: Plan 10 From Outer Space

  
  Greenlee Gazette — Authority: 142
  Every once in a while, I feel the need to repost a previous blog post that deserves a little more attention. Blogging and blog readers are fluid and fickle, and worthwhile posts can go by the wayside, unnoticed. So, here is a post, from my dear friend and sometimes relief editor Stupid Monkey Planet on the strange ...
  5 days ago

• "unfortunate" disclosure

  
  The Curt Jester — Authority: 561
  A priest in the Diocese of Scranton has been removed as administrator of three Throop parishes after he inadvertently displayed four photos of what a diocese spokesman called "minimally attired adult males" before the 8 a.m. Mass at St. Bridgets Church on Oct. 25. The Rev. Edward P. Lyman was using his personal ...
  1 week ago

• The Texas Trib and its polls

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 148
  I’ve been so immersed in the Houston elections that I forgot to give a warm welcome to the Texas Tribune , which made its debut on Tuesday. I really like the look of the site, I like their lineup of writers, and I like what they’re aiming to do. Once their RSS feeds become available , I’ll be really happy. So ...
  1 week ago

• Friday morning buffet

  
  Get The Picture — Authority: 626
  Hopefully, you can find something here that you like. When Junior’s right, he’s right.  Every drop of sarcasm in this article is justified. And here’s one way the SEC can keep the light from shining on missed calls. (h/t The Wiz ) It sounds like the end is near for Al Groh – the Virginia AD has ...
  1 week ago

• So does that make his Salad Dressing at least a 3rd Class Relic?

  
  The Curt Jester — Authority: 561
  From a story a reader sent me . Fr. Geoffrey Farrow, former pastor of the St. Paul Newman Center at California State University at Fresno, was removed as pastor in October 2008 for defying church teaching on homosexuality and for condemning Catholic support for Proposition 8, the California Catholic Daily reports. ...
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• Symbolic Tea Party Protest Going Symbolically Wrong

  
  The Seventh Sense — Authority: 478
  So the tea partiers boarded the corporate-sponsored buses to come to Washington DC today to let their Congressmen know that they dont want socialism blah-blah-blah.  Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, who fell out of the right wing crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down, was the one who called for the ...
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• The Scozzafava lessons

  
  Nom de plume: Rivrdog — Authority: 425
  It was the only thing the (D)onks could crow about after Tuesdays elections, their slim victory in the by-election in New York district 23, where their man barely beat out a Conservative Party candidate. What are the lessons for the GOP out of that unique election? First lesson: The National GOP MUST pay closer ...
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• Chaos Theory - Election Night in the Blabosphere

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 814
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  1 week ago

• Thursday morning buffet

  
  Get The Picture — Authority: 626
  Here are a few tempting morsels to whet your college football appetite. Aron White plays the “woulda, shoulda” card regarding the Florida game:  “My hat’s off to them because they’re a great team, but I don’t feel that they’re unbeatable by any means. I feel like if we’d have come and had a ...
  1 week ago

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