This graphic is like a rorschach test for your politics. Leftist look at it and say "Republicans can't design." Conservatives look at it and see it as a comic riff on a the worst bill in American history.

Heh heh. Well-put.

Wow. I'll just toss my two-cents in: the site is clearly built off of personality (blurbs, comments and everything else that makes social media fun). It links to dry news sources if you like that, but it still informs you of those stories in... what's the word... short form! I love that there is a site that hunts down interesting data and stories I wouldn't have found on my own. And here's a shocker: I'm a conservative. How can you learn if you never hear any opinions but yours?

Actually, the personality is pretty much the main reason I read this site. For what it's worth.

OMG, you have personality!!!! Stop this at once.

It's funny how you're so frustrated with their bias yet you run one of the most biased "news" sites I've ever seen. I fell in love with this site because of it's no-personality, no-bias, 'just short news' form at the beginning but now it's full of words like "OMG" and "sez" and liberal leaning bias. I wish it were more professional and less personal. The last thing the web needs is more internet meme's and bias, now you're just one of millions instead of one in a million. Taking you off as my homepage.

"OK, another interesting animation, but we wonder: Is this guy fiscally conservative? He doesn’t mention a political persuasion in any of his videos but they mostly seem to be anti-Obama. For our curiosity, we just want to know whether they’re pushing an agenda. No matter which way you lean, keep making them. They’re good" http://shortformblog.com/chatter/more-penny-mat...

So biased...

We never have claimed to be anything more than we ever were. There were no claims of lack of bias (claims, in our humble opinion, that are always tough to live by, due to the constant belief that the mainstream media is liberal or that Fox news is conservative), so we never made them. We figured that our readers would figure it out on their own.

Nor were there claims that we wouldn't have personality in our posts. The over-the-top, ironic use of OMGs and the use of the word "sez" are intentionally designed to play into that. As we slowly get more staff onto the site, they're going to put their personality into what they say, too. There's a freaking cartoon robot on the bottom of the page! If you don't want personality, look elsewhere.

All we claimed to be doing was giving people information in a short way. Nothing more, nothing less.

We're sad that you're disappointed but would like to point out that in the case of this particular post, 1) It's clearly marked as an opinion piece, 2) We said that we're not attacking the Democrats for the bill itself, but the Republicans for clouding the issue with this graphic (because making a graphic designed to scare people is terrible politics) and 3) We never once actually offered an opinion on the bill but instead the underhanded tactics of releasing a graphic like this. It's shady to design something so clearly constructed to play on people's fears. That's why this post went onto the site.

Truth of the matter is, this format isn't going to please everyone, and I'm sorry it doesn't please you. I just hope you reconsider and also consider that you may be remembering a past that never actually existed.