Glenn Beck's "The Blaze" has decent design

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Posted on August 31, 2010 | tags

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Credit where credit’s due: The Blaze, clearly Glenn Beck’s attempt at a Huffington Post-style site, has a design that tops pretty much every site of its kind out there. HuffPo is an exercise in throwing a ton of crap on a single page. The Daily Caller, while it had an engaging pitch at launch, definitely had a by-the-numbers design that looked out of date before it had ever heard of Journolist. The Blaze, while sticking with WordPress, has a downright elegant, photo-heavy, type-focused look. Too bad it’s as adversarial and divisive as Beck can be. source

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http://www.theblacksmoke.com/ Tom Alday

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OMG it’s so divisive!
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Actually, this one’s a better bellwether: GLENN’S DISGRACE? SHOCKING RACISM AT SHARPTON-SPONSORED MLK ANNIVERSARY

Or this one: UCSD PROFESSORS WANT TO DISSOLVE US — GIVE GPS PHONES WITH EXPLICIT POETRY TO ILLEGALS FOR BORDER CROSSING

Just saying. Either way, they have some pretty killer usage of League Gothic on that site.
http://jeffgreco.tumblr.com Jeff Greco

How about The Daily Beast? Always been impressed with their design.
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That’s actually what this reminds me of most, minus the complexity. It has a very newsy feel.

I think what I actually like about The Blaze’s design most is that it’s the first news site I’ve seen in a long time that just gets out of the way and keeps things simple.

Know how I know The Blaze is a big deal? Because they have 125 comments on an article that they posted three hours ago. Most sites would kill for that in their first week.