Alternative news sites

 

(you may have to subscribe to some of these, but it's free; and for gosh sakes be careful--consumption of any of these sites may lead to permanent attitude alterations . . . in fact, you may think you've suddenly been transported to a parallel universe. I would have put the Wall Street Journal on here, but gosh darnit it costs)

 
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)

If you have any candidates for inclusion, please please do tell.