NC Blogosphere

Two of North Carolina's most prominent political news blogs, BlueNC and CivitasReview, have obvious opposite slants, but are also very proficient in their news coverage. BlueNC is a more leftward-leaning blog, while CivitasReview is more to the right. They both cover political news in the state with their own style.
Civitas seems to be very opinionated and colloquial in the terminology of those who post. However, the news proves quite reliable when checked with other sources. Therefore it is an effective way for rightward leaning citizens of North Carolina to attain political news. The slant may be too strong for someone who is more moderate or liberal to stomach, however.
BlueNC functions in much the same way. The leftward slant is fairly obvious when reading the blogs on this site. It doesn't seem to be too strong to drive people away from the site, but it is definitely apparent. The stories on BlueNC seem to be a little more in depth than those of Civitas, with many of them having "read more" options that navigate the reader to another page with the full story. BlueNC, like Civitas, seems to be a little conversational in tone.
Something that would make both of these sites a better source of important political news would be a "headline" feature. Creating a link that could navigate the reader to a page with only blogs with headline worthy news would make the process of catching up on news much easier. Both sites seem to be updated with new blogs/stories at least every weekday and often more than once daily. Sifting through these many stories involves a lot of effort and, though each story has its own merit, there are stories that readers are collectively more interested in than others. Granted, it will be difficult to decide which stories would be headline worthy, but such a feature would make reading easier for everyone who visits the site.
Overall, both sites are very effective in their coverage of news, each having their own slant, but lack an easy way for readers to view top stories.