[dragonwriter]

Actually, more than just no incentive to tell the truth, people have a strong incentive to create false accounts that "identify" and largely vote (on the site) in opposition to their true identity, but selectively upvote high-value propaganda from their actual side. If the site becomes popular, I guarantee this will become a popular abuse.

[protomyth]

dragonwriter is spot on, but there is also the other side of the coin. A lot of people identify themselves one way, but actually, in action, lean one way. This is where a lot of the trust in certain media outlets goes out the window. Journalists declare themselves neutral observers but actually lean. There will be people doing the voting manipulation as dragonwriter suggests, but also those that lean without thinking they do.

Plus, what we think we are is a bit problematic these days. The extremes of both sides of the scale take up some of the room we thought we had on the sides. If you are honest with yourself, there is a lot of self examination going on.

Even if you haven't changed, things around you have. Hell, relatives I once supported have sold their integrity and feel justified in it, but I have had my own questioned because of them. Its just a weird world.

As to the site, the default front page was basically all "left" outlets when I looked. If you actually want both sides to compare, then you probably need to look at source as much as people.

Looking back at past threads, dragonwriter and myself don't agree often, so take it for what its worth.