The issue with news sites and voted articles, is any political leanings on the board quickly causes an unbearable echo chamber (digg). Precisely because those

The issue with news sites and voted articles, is any political leanings on the board quickly causes an unbearable echo chamber (digg). Precisely because those TSA/XXX-ray articles get voted up is why it's useless for them to be here. All we're doing is repeatedly polling the same people whom all agree with you. Do you think Napolitano reads hacker news? Unless we are going to form a "Hackers Political Party" we aren't accomplishing anything.