Suggestions for alternate news channels?

[Rabblevox]

I won't waste any time talking about how fucked MSM is. I know how to find Rachel and Keith and Jon and Tom and Stephen. But those are commentary shows.

Right now, it seems like the most accurate news about America is coming from Al-Jazeera, with BBC in 2nd place.

The 1st person to suggest HuffPo joins my ignore list.

Other ideas?

[demmiblue]

1. Democracy Now!

http://www.democracynow.org/

[yurbud]

2. Buzzflash.com

[laconicsax]

3. Have you tried Fox News?

:hide:

[Rabblevox]

5. You are joking, right?

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[laconicsax]

20. I certainly hope so!

Looks like I missed a fun subthread too.

[FarLeftFist]

23. I for one thought your emoticon established sarcasm.

[laconicsax]

21. Dupe. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Wbai. Democracy now, Hartmann

Just from top of head.

Huffington is good for a laugh.

[RagAss]

Yes...WBAI....I grew up listening to it.

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. France 24

http://www.livestation.com/channels/4-france-24-english

Also NHK World: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/index.html

[Rabblevox]

7. WBAI, France 24, NHK World, all excellent suggestions, bookmarked. TY!

[FarLeftFist]

8. Love WBAI, BBC, Democratic Underground.

[cyglet]

9. BBC World on BBCA n/t

[rurallib]

10. I listen to lefty radio on the internet: Stephanie, Mike Malloy , Hartmann

WCPT in Chicago is one I usually listen to:
http://chicagosprogressivetalk.com/ and hit the 'listen live' button.

[cyglet]

11. Also...

There's a "W" channel that broadcasts. It's German (and in Germany they broadcast in German and English), but it will show news and also news from other areas...right now they have Al Jazeera news on....

ETA: full name is Worldview

http://www.mhznetworks.org/mhzworldview/

[Romulox]

13. "Alternative" means another option. "Alternate" means to take turns. nt

[Rabblevox]

16. You are correct. Mea Culpa

[eShirl]

14. in addition to the other suggestions, check RT.com

http://rt.com

[Rabblevox]

17. RT looks interesting, Thanks!

[fascisthunter]

15. CurrentTV

[TBF]

18. Not big on TV but I can give you good news sites -

http://watchingamerica.com/News/

http://www.peoplesworld.org/

and this may surprise you:

http://online.wsj.com/home-page (capitalist bible - this is where you find out what they're really up to)

[0rganism]

19. Recs to FSTV and Pacifica and (since you're in PDX) KBOO

Freespeech TV:
http://www.freespeech.org

Pacifica Radio:
http://pacificanetwork.org

KBOO:
http://kboo.fm (also 90.7FM in the Portland area)

[FarLeftFist]

22. Lets not forget Thinkprogress.org and commondreams.org

But DU is the best!

[unkachuck]

24. to me....

....Al-Jazeera is what the BBC used to be and RT, although not the most in-depth source, I generally find their slant on the news refreshing....