Alternative News Sources

Switch off corporate media. Visit these alternative news sources.

Alternet
http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet is an award-winning news magazine and online community that creates original journalism and amplifies the best of hundreds of other independent media sources. AlterNets aim is to inspire action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, health care issues, and more. Since its inception in 1998, AlterNet.org has grown dramatically to keep pace with the public demand for independent news. We provide free online content to millions of readers, serving as a reliable filter, keeping our vast audience well-informed and engaged, helping them to navigate a culture of information overload and providing an alternative to the commercial media onslaught. Our aim is to stimulate, inform, and instigate.

DemocracyNow!
http://www.democracynow.org/ Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Democracy Now!s War and Peace Report provides our audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S.corporate-sponsored media, including independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics and independent analysts. In addition, Democracy Now! hosts real debatesdebates between people who substantially disagree, such as between the White House or the Pentagon spokespeople on the one hand, and grassroots activists on the other

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truthdig
http://www.truthdig.com Truthdig is a news Web site that provides expert coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. The site is built around reports by authorities in their fields who conduct in-depth exploration of contemporary topics. To offer frequent change and surprise, the site also presents a diversity of original reporting and aggregated content culled by the site's editors and staff.

TheRawStory
http://www.rawstory.com/ The Raw Story is an investigative news nexus that highlights underreported news and rejects the traditional media narratives of power and influence. Founded in Boston in 2004, Raw Story has grown from a pure play political news site to a collaborative, investigative powerhouse that reaches more than 1.6 million readers per month. Recent focal points have included Wikileaks, wiretapping and judicial abuse. We're a big believer in transparency and the power of information to change lives. We also hold that telling the stories of those disenfranchised by popular media enriches our ability to understand and solve complex global challenges. Raw Story boasts editors and regular contributors in New York, Washington D.C., Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado and California.

RT America
http://rt.com/usa/ At RT we are set to step beyond the boundaries of bare facts and bring you the human side to every story. Broadcasting in English 24/7 in over 100 countries spread over five continents, RT is here to show you how any story can be another story altogether. Our correspondents in New York and Washington, London and Paris, Delhi and Tel Aviv focus on international headlines whilst giving an innovative angle set to challenge viewers worldwide. RT was the first television station in the world to set up a bureau in Tskhinval, the capital of South Ossetia after the August 2008 conflict.

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GRTV
http://tv.globalresearch.ca/ The Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) is based in Montreal, Canada, and is a registered non-profit organization. The CRG is a fully independent research and media group of writers, scholars, journalists, filmmakers and activists. It publishes a webpage atwww.globalresearch.ca containing news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on social, economic, strategic and environmental processes. Since 2001, the CRG has established an international network of writers and analysts. Global Research counts among its regular contributors a number of prominent writers, researchers and academics as well as several promising young authors. Global Research is classified by Alexa (the web-ranking organization) as The Number One Globalization Site. It is classified among the top 50 Alternative News Sources by www.World-Newspapers.com, among the best alternative news sources by www.alternativenews.net. Global Research is also recommended as a resource by the American Library Association (ALA). In 2008, Global Research was awarded The First National Prize of the Mexican Press Club for the "Best Research Website" at the international level.

Al-Jazeera English
http://english.aljazeera.net/

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Drawing on the legacy of the groundbreaking Al Jazeera Arabic channel, Al Jazeera English was launched on November 15, 2006 to more than 80 million households worldwide. The 24-hour news and current affairs channel is the first international English-language news channel to broadcast across the globe from the Middle East. Al Jazeera's global footprint continues to grow and now broadcasts to more than 220 million households on six continents in more than 100 countries. Our channel is broadcast from four strategic broadcast centres: Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London, and Washington DC. Unlike other international channels, we broadcast from our different centres, as the world turns, providing the most comprehensive and contextual news coverage. Our mission is to provide independent, impartial news for an international audience and to offer a voice to a diversity of perspectives from under-reported regions. In addition, the channel aims to balance the information flow between the South and the North. The channel of reference for the Middle East and Africa, Al Jazeera has unique access to some of the worlds most troubled and controversial locations. Our determination and ability to accurately reflect the truth on the ground in regions torn by conflict and poverty has set our content apart.

Links of interest: Corporate Media's Threat to Democracy [Website] http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Corporate_Media/CorpMedia_ThreatDemocracy.html The business of media: corporate media and the public interest [Book] By David Croteau, William Hoynes http://books.google.com/books?id=s1GYiTi2vgAC&lpg=PR5&ots=5xaQbqdCb&dq=corporate%20media&lr&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q&f=false AlternativeNews.Net [Website] http://www.alternativenews.net/

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