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Alternative News

• Alternet. Syndicated writings from the alternative press.
• Common Dreams: News and Views for Progressives. Breaking news and links to highlights from the day's progressive press.
• The Consortium. Underreported news and forgotten history from one of America's preeminent investigative reporters.
• CounterPunch. A bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair.
• Free Speech TV. Towards more democratic television; site features downloadable independent video.
• In These Times. A nonprofit political magazine featuring news and analysis that challenge the corporate media.
• Indymedia.org: Independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage.
• Institute for Global Communications (IGC). A nonprofit internet forum for progressive news and organizing.
• Jay's Leftist and 'Progressive' Internet Resources Directory. A very, very large progressive links collection.
• Left Business Observer. Monthly newsletter on economics and politics edited by Doug Henwood.
• Le Monde Diplomatique in English. A French monthly news magazine focusing on global politics. Click here for the French edition.
• The Nation. America's oldest weekly news magazine, featuring political news and commentary.
• OneWorld Online. Global news with a focus on the developing world.
• The Progressive. Monthly political magazine with commentary and news advocating for peace and social justice.
• Rage Against the Machine Current Events. News radical rock fans can use.
• Sam Smith's Progressive Review. "Washington's Most Unofficial Source."
• The Scoop. Insightful and very funny weekly commentary from Bob Harris. (On hiatus.)
• World Socialist Web Site. News and analysis from a socialist perspective.
• ZNet. Z Magazine's site for progressive news and organizing.

Mainstream News

• Agence France-Presse. The French news service.
• BBC World News.
• Chicago Tribune.
• The Independent. A UK-based newspaper.
• The Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times. Registration required.
• Salon Magazine
• Slate Magazine. Owned by Microsoft, edited by Michael Kinsley. Includes Today's Papers, a review of national newspapers' front pages.
• Stratfor. Stratfor says it is a "private intelligence company, serving businesses globally." Breaking news and analysis of international affairs with a corporate orientation.
• Vanderbilt University's TV News Archive
• The Washington Post
• World Press Review, a monthly magazine offering analyses and English-language translations of the international press.

Media Criticism and Resources

• Media Views. FAIR's links to recent media criticism of note on the Web.
• Abyz News Links. An enormous database of national and local U.S. news publications.
• Adbusters. Examines and parodies advertising culture.
• Center for Investigative Reporting.
• Cursor. Daily round-up of under-covered news and media criticism.
• The Daily Howler. An often insightful Web-based column on media inaccuracy and arrogance.
• Freedom Forum. Formerly the Gannett Center.
• Index on Censorship. Promotes free expression around the world.
• The University for Peace's Institute for Media, Peace and Security. Examining interactions between media, conflict, peace and security.
• Institute for Public Accuracy. Watch-dogs the world of think tanks, and promotes a wider range of sources in media.
• International Forum for Independent Media. Join email discussions about media issues. Also has a list of local media activism groups in North America and Europe.
• Jim Romenesko's MediaNews. A good place to keep up on media news, and, well, gossip. Features many links to media writers.
• JournalismNet. Online resources for investigative journalists--search tools and much more.
• Media and Peace Institute of the UN-founded University for Peace. Aims to educate people about the media's role in international war and peace issues.
• Media Central. A site aimed at media and marketing professionals that features breaking news on media deals.
• Media Channel. A media criticism site critical of corporate ownership, with links to articles on media from around the world.
• Medialens.org. A good UK media-bias watchdog.
• News Watch. An online zine that reports neglected news stories and corrects mainstream media errors.
• PoisonKitchen.com. A site for angry journalists that includes a rant board, criticism, news and many links.
• Project Censored. Identifies and promotes the most undercovered stories of the year.
• Swans. An online journal, often focusing on media criticism.
• This Modern World. The weekly cartoon of social and political satire, by Tom Tomorrow.
• TomPaine.com. A public interest group that aims to encourage debate on issues like media, the environment and campaign finance reform.
• world-newspapers.com Exhaustive links to news online.

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