Editing CounterPunch (section)

==Reception==
In 2003, ''[[The Observer]]'' described the ''CounterPunch'' website as "one of the most popular political sources in America, with a keen following in Washington".<ref>Reed, Christopher (March 2, 2003). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/02/usa.theobserver "Battle of the bottle divides columnists"]. ''[[The Observer]]''.</ref> Other sources have variously described ''CounterPunch'' as "left-wing",<ref name="nytleftwing"/><ref name="The Devil You Know" /> "far-left",<ref name="reason.com">{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Moynihan|date=December 7, 2010|title=Olbermann, Assange, and the Holocaust Denier When you want to believe, you'll believe anything.|url=http://reason.com/archives/2010/12/07/olbermann-assange-and-the-holo|newspaper=Reason}}</ref> "extreme",<ref name="The Fringe Fires at Bush on Iraq">{{cite news|title=The Fringe Fires at Bush on Iraq|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-11-oe-boot11-story.html|newspaper=LA Times | first=Max|last=Boot|date=March 11, 2004}}</ref> a "political newsletter",<ref name="nytpolitical">{{cite news |title=Royalty checks aren't in the mail - Business - International Herald Tribune |first=Dan|last= Mitchell |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/business/worldbusiness/29iht-music.3317335.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2006 |access-date=June 14, 2011}}</ref> and a "muckraking newsletter".<ref name="nytmuckraking">{{cite news |title=Who Pays For Mistakes In Making Electricity? |first=Melinda |last=Tuhus |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/22/nyregion/who-pays-for-mistakes-in-making-electricity.html?pagewanted=5 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 22, 1998 |access-date=June 14, 2011}}</ref>