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Opinions: Everyone has one.

If there is one thing the Internet revolution has brought about, it is the democratization of opinion. While the invention of the printing press greatly expanded the ability to publish one's view, it was not until the internet revolution took place that mass self-expression was truly democratized.

Freed from the constraints of traditional publishing, the internet generation is largely defined by its power of self-expression. Thanks to the Web, one's opinion need no longer be personal. Social media, forums, chat rooms and blogs have allowed just about anyone with access to a computer to share their views with a global audience.

This unprecedented revolution in self-publishing however has made one timeless question all the more relevant: whose opinion should you listen to?

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “opinion”

• Philadelphia Head to Head

  
  The Bi-College News Online — Authority: 133
  By Genna Cherichello A girl from northern New Jersey, trips to New York City were frequent and magical. Yankee games, Broadway shows, and museum trips with my family confettied my childhood, and for that I appreciate “the best city in the world.” For my purposes now, though, as a college student who can barely ...
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• Snapshot of European opinion

  
  international — Authority: 405
  The CDU/CSU-FDP coalition is enjoying something of a honeymoon after Angela Merkel successfully formed a new post-election coalition with the reformist FDP. The Social Democrats are down to 21% - half of their support in 1998. The Irish government of Fianna Fáils Brian Cowen is trailing Fine Gael by 35% to 25%. The ...
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• Veterans Day History is Interesting But it Doesn’t Take a Scholar to Say Thank You.

  
  Symon Sez — Authority: 428
  Thank You On This Day, Thank a Veteran: Original "Armistice Day" Honoree Prior to noon on November 7, 1918 United Press president Roy Howard sent a cable to the New York headquarters: “Urgent. Armistice allies Germans signed 11 smorning hostilities ceased 2 safternoon.”  Midday papers blared the ...
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• Anagram: State Of Mind/ A Deft Monist

  
  Mike The Rhino — Authority: 421
             John Allen Muhammad is dead, and that is good.  The state of Virginia executed the man a little while ago for killing ten people several years ago.  You remember him, don’t you? the D.C. Sniper ring any bells?  ?  The Bible says thou shalt not kill, and this guy decided to kill ...
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• Mining company in Mindanao hires APO Hiking Society’s Danny Javier

  
  Mindanaoan | Living in Mindanao | Blog Sa Usa Ka Taga Mindanao — Authority: 128
  Yes, you read that right. A mining company operating in the Municipality of Tampakan has hired Danny Javier of the popular group APO Hiking Society. Javier is now a “strategist” for Sagittarius Mines, Inc., a gold and copper mine.As a “strategist,” Javier is reportedly supposed to help SMI develop a “better ...
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• Me, God, and Twelve Hours In Quito

  
  world of fiction — Authority: 91
  After many months of ups and downs, ambilivent feelings, and at the veryleast unmanaged turmoil, there it was, indifference. Indifference is a savior to thosefighting through love turned to hate. It’s easy to tell myself hate is simply the pass through feeling to dislike; resultingin destination, indifference. ...
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• Why Fiat is Better Fit with Chrysler than Mercedes Benz, Cerberus

  
  Automotive Blogs — Authority: 492
  Just about everyone agrees that the merger between Daimler and Chryslerwas nothing short of a nightmare for both entities. So it isunderstandable if Chrysler execs and other workers were a little leerywith the...
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• DANGERS AHEAD FOR MR

  
  Sinhale Hot News — Authority: 448
  By L. JayasooriyaIf MR were to go for Presidential elections at the end his term in two years time he will win and it will not matter even if he wins by one vote. If he on the other hand were to go for Presidential elections now, as we hear he has decided, he will [...]
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• looking for mr darcy

  
  The Uptown Life — Authority: 112
  Not that Ive religiously read "Pride and Prejudice"; the truth is I dont exactly have the ability to comprehend such fine literature, other examples like " To Kill a Mockingbird" . Really, I cant even get through the first page. Or any of Tolkiens LOTR (thank God for the films). Now you know. ;) Yesterday, Mrs ...
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• PRESIDENT OBAMA VS. HEALTH CARE

  
  Urban Thought Collective — Authority: 114
  With his overall approval rating down to 48%, President Barack Obama didn’t exactly kick up his heels last week as the nation marked the one year anniversary of his historic election. Mr. Obama won 53% of the vote on November 4, 2008 and his approval rating rocketed up to 65% by Inauguration Day. Nobody expected ...
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• Sathya Sai Baba and Sexual “Grooming” of Boys and Young Men

  
  Call For Media and Government Investigation — Authority: 114
  Shortly before Christmas 1997, a highly capable and lovely person,with whom I worked among orphans at Puttaparthi,  Maria Quoos , a Polish film and stage actress and businesswoman, came anxiously to me .  She is now leader of the Polish Sathya Sai Organization. Ms Quoos brought a married Polish man in ...
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• Thriller w/Long Paragraphs …

  
  Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers — Authority: 118
  Gillian Flynn , writing in Dark Places (Crown, 2009): [pp. 3-4] My neighborhood doesn’t even have a name, it’s so forgotten. It’s called Over There That Way. A weird, subprime area, full of dead ends and dog crap. The other bungalows are packed with old people who’ve lived in them since they were built. ...
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• Can Anwar make it?

  
  The New Politickler — Authority: 124
  Can Anwar  make it?By Megat JittendranPKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim’s ‘buck up or pack out’ ultimatum to party top brass and elected representatives would be seen as a warning for members to toe the party line.For some others, such ultimatum from the party icon would be a resonation of a desperate man trying to ...
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• 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe joins Sonata to win Popular Mechanics Award

  
  Automotive Blogs — Authority: 492
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., 11/09/2009 Popular Mechanics honored theall-new Hyundai Genesis Coupe with a 2010 Automotive Excellence Awardin the “Fun to Drive” category.
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• Virginia News Stand: November 10, 2009

  
  FamilyFoundationBlog.com — Authority: 135
  Annotations & Elucidations Houck Not Going Anywhere The hot rumor going around was that Senator Edd Houck (D-17, Spottsylvania ) would accept a job in the new McDonnell administration, thus opening up a potential re-take of the Senate by Republicans by winning that seat in a special ...
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• Unnecessary Violence Is Counter-Productive

  
  Havana Times.org — Authority: 146
  No true revolutionary is willing to support the reverse of the Cuban Revolution or the restoration of private capitalism, be it from the forces of the right or from the bureaucracy. However, nor can we agree on repressing with violence those who simply express a different thought, or those who wish to peacefully ...
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• JibJab and OfficeMax are Back with ElfYourself 2009

  
  Ft. Hard Knox — Authority: 505
  To continue the tradition of making yourself look funny for the entertainment of your friends (or vice-versa), as well as creating combo-words by removing the the traditional spaces, “JibJab” has teamed up with “OfficeMax” again this year to produce “ElfYourself.” So be a “WebWarrior” and go try it, ...
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• Obama at Ft. Hood Memorial: No Mention of Terrorism or Jihad

  
  Ft. Hard Knox — Authority: 505
  America, the West, and Israel are all fighting back in a war that radical, jihadic Islamists, (not Muslims) have declared against us. The Islamist propagandists have managed to persuade western leftists, academics, politicians, heads of state, and the media that America and Israel are actually waging a war on Islam. ...
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• Singapore Telecom says Q2 profit up 10.1 percent (AFP)

  
  Technology Blog — Authority: 169
  AFP - Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) said its second quarter net profit rose an annual 10.1 percent, with the boost coming from strong contributions from regional mobile associates.The rest is here: Singapore Telecom says Q2 profit up 10.1 percent (AFP) a2a_linkname="Singapore Telecom says Q2 profit ...
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• On Being A Twit

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 465
  There are big subjects which I should be writing about today. The abortion battle within the Democratic Party, for instance. What Obama is going to announce about our troop commitment in Afghanistan. And, believe it or not, David Hasselhoffs contribution to freedom.
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