Alternative News

This guide lists selected print and electronic information sources available to SFU faculty, students, and staff who are seeking an alternative perspective on topics and events. For the purposes of this guide, "alternative" means that which does not represent society's mainstream or dominant ideology.  However, some alternative media sources are widely read and could be considered mainstream. Both progressive and conservative resources are included, as both are arguably excluded from the mainstream media.

Mainstream media miss many stories.  A good journalist has to look beyond the standard sources and political views to find the unexpected, the critical, the  controversial.

On this page we have compiled links to many of the best alternative news sources, anti-bush sites, worthwhile organizations, progressive blogs, and political action groups.

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