Yes - the extreme opposite stories told by the two sets of 'news' sites is mindblowing. In the Netherlands we have some form of independent journalism that isn't 'niche blog' but actually funded by their readers and by their readers only. That helps me get some perspective over here - they are trying to set up in the US too, when they do I'll share it so people on your side of the globe might have an alternative to read :-)

The recent witness voting/unvoting has opened my eyes too. Anyone who is playing that game is childish and doesn't deserve my vote now or in the future. I don't have to pick sides to just decide that they are all 'doing it wrong' :') That's not what witness voting is for.