Jshannon ... ZeroHedge tries to give an alternate view of the economy and the financial system. A lot of the comments tend to be cynical - because regular readers are disenfranchised from the US economic system. Therefore, the general tone of the Commenters is often sarcastic or cynical. Unfortunately, this same tone can carry across to the regular news articles on ZeroHedge. I advise that you take the Comments there with a grain of salt.

ZeroHedge does OFFER the advantage that they are especially energetic in tracking down Internet sources for info that is not carried by the mainstream media. That would be their primary advantage for the "regular news" that they cover.

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