“The Banter Media Group is one of the largest network of independent news and politics bloggers in the US. We feature edgy bloggers, Huffington Post contributors, veteran journalists and respected columnists. Our bloggers reach millions of readers per month and are dedicated to bringing a fresh take on media and current affairs.

Meet Our Blogs:

 

Founded by Huffington Post columnist and former ESPN journalist Ben Cohen in 2007, TheDailyBanter.com features original commentary from the biggest HuffingtonPost columnists, notable bloggers and respected journalists. Guardian columnist and best selling author George Monbiot wrote: “The Daily Banter is an excellent site, full of provocative and fascinating material. I have added it to my bookmarks.”

 

Fired from CNN in 2008 for blogging, Chez Pazienza gained notoriety as a renegade writer and new media figure. In the words of Arianna Huffington: ‘As a blogger, Chez Pazienza is filled with outrage, passion and insight — delivered with a distinctive point of view, a wicked sense of humor, and a two-fisted style of prose.’ ‘ ‘Deus Ex Malcontent’ is one of the best written, funniest and most irreverent blogs around and Chez continues to tell it like it is, no matter the consequence.

 

Bob Cesca is the most prolific blogger on the Huffington Post. His columns are featured on the front page and consistently generate 1/4 of a million page views. His site www.bobcesca.com is widely read, and Bob continues to be one of the most respected names in progressive media circles.

 

 

 

 

Oliver Willis has been a blogger since 2000 and has one of the most visited sites in the liberal blogosphere. A widely followed Huffington Post contributor and employee for Media Matters, Oliver is one of the major voices on the progressive Left. As the Boston Globe notes, ‘When Oliver Willis talks, the blogosphere cares.’

 

 

The Faster Times was founded by Sam Apple, former editor-in-chief of New Voices Magazine and writer for The New York Times Magazine, The Financial Times Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, and Slate.com. The site is a collective of great journalists who have come together to build a new type of media institution. With over a hundred correspondents in over 20 countries, The Faster Times has reporters on the ground in Kenya and journalists reporting from Lebanon. These writers are not “citizen journalists” but among the most accomplished and recognized names in their respective fields.

 

Profiled in Vanity Fair as: “Gutsy …direct, visceral… serious journalism… abusive, defamatory… poignant…paranoid…and right!” the original eXile was chased out of Russia in the summer of 2008 by Kremlin officials back to America, where the team regrouped as “The eXiled Online”.  Bringing together founding eXile editor Mark Ames, eXile editors Yasha Levine and John Dolan, eXile film critic Eileen Jones, and cult-hero defense analyst Gary “The War Nerd” Brecher, the eXiled Online continues to break sensational scoops and entangle itself in controversial scandals time and time again.

 

Consortiumnews.com was established in 1995 by Robert Parry, one of the reporters who helped expose the Iran-Contra scandal for
the Associated Press in the mid-1980s. It was the first investigative news magazine on the Internet. The site was designed to be a home for important, well-reported stories and a challenge to the inept but dominant mainstream news media of the day. Consortium News continues to deliver real investigative reports and breaking stories to this day, and is one of the most respected news sites online.

 

News Hounds is one of the most widely read political blogs online. They banded together in cyberspace in concern and outrage over the failure of American media, and Fox News in particular, to relate the news properly. Rather than serve as the public’s eyes and ears, Fox and other media conglomerates have become echo chambers for the rich and powerful with whom they have become all too cozy. This blog is an attempt to counter that alarming condition. News Hounds believe that a viable democracy depends upon viable media. They invite you to join them in our efforts here and elsewhere to make a difference in the future of our country.

 

MaxBlumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York
Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Guardian, The Independent Film Channel, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Al
Jazeera English and many other publications. He is a writing fellow for the Nation Institute. His book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered The Party, is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller.

 

The Agonist is a site for progressives with a passion for ‘things international’ The Agonist is the sole progressive community focusing on American foreign policy, and the world at large.

 

 

Jack and Jill Politics leads the niche of black political blogs, yet its audience attracts a diverse readership by age, gender and ethnicity. The site grown to 150,000 unique visitors per month and is expanding rapidly.

 

Matt Osborne was once a relatively unknown blogger, but his excellent site, www.osborneink.com has recently propelled him into the upper levels of the blogosphere. He was asked by the Huffington Post to report on his local town hall health care meeting, and has been blogging there ever since.

 

Chris Weigant is a political commentator, author, and blogger. He has been a regular contributor to Arianna Huffington’s The Huffington Post since June of 2006. As “Tom Paine” Chris wrote the book How Democrats Can Take Back Congress in 2006. Chris provides advice to Democratic officeholders on a weekly basis, with his renowned “Friday Talking Points” advice column on how Democrats really should frame things positively;
as well as his monthly wrapups of President Barack Obama’s job approval poll ratings over at “ObamaPollWatch.com”.

 

Nicole Sandler launched her blog and podcast at www.RadioOrNot.com, where she continues to hold court daily. And her fill-in stints for Air America radio turned into a nightly program, which she hosted until the network folded in January 2010.