Major Online News Resources
If you want to find out what’s happening in the world, you could just turn on your smart phone and find out. But if you want to do something that’s a little more in depth, you will want to turn to the wonder that is the Internet. With these online resources, you can get the details about every news event in the English speaking world – from a biased and unbiased perspective.
- AlterNet
- The American Prospect
- Common Dreams
- CounterPunch
- Democracy Now!
- Free Speech TV
- Eschaton
- In These Times
- Indymedia.org
- Left Business Observer
- The Nation
- OneWorld Online
- The Progressive
- Raw Story
- Sam Smith's Progressive Review
- Truthout
- WorkingForChange
- World Socialist Web Site
- ZNet
- Mainstream News
- BBC World News.
- The Independent
- Le Monde Diplomatique in English
- The Los Angeles Times
- The New York Times
- Reuters
- Salon Magazine
- Slate Magazine
- Includes Today's Papers
- The Washington Post
- World Press Review
- Abyz News Links
- Adbusters
- Center for Investigative Reporting
- Crooks and Liars
- The Daily Howler
- Freedom Forum
- Index on CensorshipJim Romenesko's MediaNews
- JournalismNet
- Media Bistro
- Media Channel
- Media Matters
- Project Censored
- Center for Media and Democracy's PR Watch
- This Modern World
- TomPaine.com
- Vanderbilt University's TV News Archive
- world-newspapers.com
Can You Trust the News?
When you go online, you can find any news story with just a little bit of work, but can you trust what you’re reading? Since the Internet is a landscape where anyone can print anything, what’s to stop someone from simply printing up their opinion, regardless of the truth? Nothing. Here are some things you can do to make sure that you’re reading the truth:
- Go to trusted sources – Head to major news channels.
- Read more than one version of the story – Instead of just reading one news source, make sure you’re reading at least two versions, preferably from different countries.
- Question what you read – Instead of taking everything at face value, make sure you’re thinking all of the news stories through. This will help you to see what information might be missing or what might be slanted in its presentation.
Keeping Up
Keeping up with the news is an entirely other problem. While you might be able to find news that you believe, you need to read it constantly in order to try to be a part of the ever-changing world. Here are some strategies to help you keep up:
- Sign up for newspapers – Make sure to have e-newspapers delivered to your in box.
- Sign up for Facebook and Twitter – You can add news stations in these social media applications. In doing so, you will get instant updates when something happens.
- Be consistent – Realize first that you will never know everything. What you can do is read the news in the morning and then in the evening every single day to try to keep up.
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