News - Alternative Sources

A trail of 20 pages, marked with comments, by PatD
About this trail:
These are lesser known sources of information about national and international events and politics.
20 marks in this trail
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Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez report the news you won't hear elsewhere. Although the choice of stories is distinctly liberal or progressive, the journalists appear fastidious about facts and resources.
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Surprisingly reliable source of news and information, including the international perspective.
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Unconventional Wisdom Since 1865, free of corporate control.
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Watchdogs of "Main Stream Media" for inaccuracies and bias against the left. Although they probably wouldn't report bias against the right, this site is still valuable for sorting out the facts and exposing some extreme commentators.
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Systematically examining media bias and censorship since 1986
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Weekly radio program critiquing mainstream media. Download MP3 or use podcasting to hear these great, informative segments.
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Checking the facts to hold politicians accountable.
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Aggregator of world news from a huge array of international sources.
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Bill Moyers bequeathed this program to David Brancaccio. It is a great, thoughtful program that is very informative.
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Always thought-provoking, AIR delves deeply each week into a controversial issue.
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International version of the BBC News
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Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. Young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations. (American Heritage Dictionary)
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established in 1992 to give the public a greater voice in the public policy process by seeking to discern public opinion on public policy and communicate its findings to the policy community, academia, the press and the attentive public.
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"...invert[ing] the traditional relationship between broadcast and the web: we aren’t a public radio show with a web community, we’re a web community that produces a daily hour of radio."
1. Interesting ... you created the list I was going to create .... thanks!
Posted at 10:58 on 2007-06-21 by Marje

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