Alternative
Media Watch: Where to Find the "Real" News
October 4, 2003
by columnist Lynn Nichols
I
don't know about you, but I'm getting pretty tired of
what's being passed off as news on TV these days. CNN's
American Morning show has become little more than a few
news headlines wrapped around features like "90
Second Pop." MSNBC is full of loudmouth commentators.
And forget about the networks. Though I like Brian
Williams just fine, I just don't feel like I'm getting
enough meat (or truth) in my half- hour nightly news
update on NBC.
What's
the answer? No, I'm not ready to throw out my TV. I'm way
too addicted to Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, the
Sopranos, 24, and now Carnivale to do that. But I've
started to limit my time in front of the box and get my
news from Internet news sites and e-mail newsletters.
There's a lot of great information out there, if you know
where to look. I receive daily updates from BuzzFlash (www.buzzflash.com),
AlterNet (www.alternet.org),
and the best of the bunch TruthOut (www.truthout.org).
I get less frequent but still excellent updates and calls
to action from MoveOn (www.moveon.org)
and Act for Change (www.actforchange.com).
For environmental and social actin news, I subscribe to
newsletters from Planeta (www.planeta.com)
and Global Exchange (www.globalexchange.com).
Here's
a sample of the "real news" stories you can find
on the Web:
From
TruthOut:
Max
Cleland | Welcome to Vietnam Mr. President
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/100203A.shtml
Why
Joseph Wilson's Wife was Outed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/100203B.shtml
From
AlterNet:
THIRTY-TWO
YEARS AFTER ATTICA
Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer, AlterNet
Thirty-two years after Attica prisoners demanded that the
prison guards reflect the population, there are more
African-Americans in prison than ever before, but not as
guards.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16830
TIME
TO ACT
Paul Loeb, AlterNet
The increase of work hours is creating a society with no
room to deliberate, reflect, or do anything except to
place ourselves at the mercy of the market.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16875
RACE
AND HEALTHCARE
Sally Lehrman, Institute for Justice and Journalism
Genes aren't the whole story when it comes to explaining
disparity in illness among different ethnic groups.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16868
From
BuzzFlash:
David
Corn, Author of "The Lies of George W. Bush:
Mastering the Politics of Deception" and Washington
Editor of "The Nation"
A BuzzFlash Interview
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/09/25_corn.html
Did
Colin Powell Lie to the U.S. and the U.N.?
A BuzzFlash News Analysis
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/09/24_powell.html
Let
us know what alternative media sources you've found!
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