| General
news |
Magazines |
Websites,
columnists |
Miscellaneous |
| New
York Times ('paper of record'--subscribe for free) |
Utne
Reader |
Townhall
(mission control for conservative columnists) |
Plastic.com
(one of many blog, or weblog, sites) |
| Alternet |
The
American Prospect (good for coverage of welfare issues) |
Arianna
Huffington |
Slashdot.com
(another blog site) |
| Common
Dreams |
The
Nation |
Matthew
Miller |
FAIR
(fairness and accuracy in reporting--a media watchdog site) |
Ananova
(from the U.K.--has good offbeat stories) |
The
Atlantic Monthly |
Molly
Ivins |
Spinsanity
(BS watchdogs) |
The
Guardian
(from the U.K.) |
In
These Times |
Michael
Kinsley |
Clear
Project
(bills itself as the 'anti-environmental watchdog group,'
rooting out greenwashing and astroturfing) |
BBC
(from the U.K.) |
Mother
Jones |
David
Ignatius
(writes on international issues) |
The
Daily Howler
(committed to rooting out lame journalism) |
Scoop
(from New Zealand--see what the rest of the world is reading) |
Monthly
Review |
Mark
Morford
(pop culture cynic extraordinaire) |
Project
Censored
(covering the uncovered stories) |
| National
Public Radio |
Washington
Monthly |
Paul
Krugman
(NY Times--neocons hate him--find the 'columns' link on
the top left) |
Snopes.com
(for 'true' chain emails, especially where the sender swears
they're true) |
| Village
Voice |
Annals
of improbable research |
Joe
Conason's Journal
(a respected and feared investigative journalist) |
Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
(shedding light on economic policy spinjobs) |
| The
Grist (environmental news) |
Daryl
Cagle's cartoon index
(lots ... ) |
Marie
Cocco
(good on health care, BS detection) |
PRWatch
(devoted to exposing corporate and public PR and BS) |
| Indymedia |
Red
Herring
(edgy tech) |
Dave
Barry
(save the toilet!) |
The
Onion |
Index
on censorship
(a global war against censorship)
|
Weekly
Standard
(Read what Karl Rove reads!) |
Ann
Coulter
(for right wing slander and character assassination) |
Whitehouse.org
(the unauthorized site--definitely funnier, perhaps more
accurate ... ) |
The
Hill
(good source for news on Congress) |
Corpwatch
(trying to hold corporations accountable) |
Eric
Alterman
(critic of mainstream media) |
Center
for Public Integrity
(studies issues of privatizing public resources) |
Globe
and Mail
(from Canada) |
Out
There News
(a different, global kind of journalism) |
Greg
Palast
(one of the most feared and fearless investigative journalists) |
Congress.org
(write letters to your representatives--they may not read
them, but they can count) |
One
World
(read what the rest of the world deals with) |
TrueMajority
(focusing the electorate's outrage) |
Matt
Drudge
(best on the Web for rumor and innuendo) |
MoveOn.org
(using the Web to foment democracy and freedom of speech,
trying to keep politicians semi-honest) |