Reply #16: My general philosphy on it... [View All]

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...is "Turn off the TV, put down the book or close the browser window, wait a few minutes, decide what you want know about first, then open the browser back up and google it."

But I do see your point. Media research isn't my specialty, however, so I don't really have many resources bookmarked. I would note Daily Kos can be a good read sometimes, and that factcheck.org is starting to pick their pace back up a bit, though it's hardly worth the effort to check back every day.

As far as my sig link, really I'd be wasting my skill set to continue editing that... there are other activists here that have gone much further in compiling material, plus there's demopedia if that's still working. Mainly I'm going to be concentrating on USCVprogs where I can lend some of my more specialized skills to the cause.

Anyway, following my own advice, a google search on the terms 'mainstream alternative "news media"' turns up some interesting stuff like this:

http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/mediacrit.html