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Thom Little Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 02:50 AM
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What are your favorite non-traditional online news sources?
Edited on Mon Nov-21-05 03:12 AM by Thom Little
I'm looking for good news sites that aren't just from the usual news sources ("usual news sources" being stuff like NYT, WaPo, LAT, Google, Yahoo, etc.). Where do you find good news and commentary in places that might be unexpected or little known?

Edited to add - In addition to sites that produce their own content, please also include your favorite sites that provide lots of links to news stories they did not produce.
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LincolnMcGrath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 02:54 AM
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1. The Nation
MotherJones

F.A.I.R

RawStory

Buzzflash

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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 02:56 AM
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2. buzzflash.com and bushwatch.com
very interesting sources
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 03:04 AM
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3. BuzzFlash
Common Dreams, Znet, Alternet, Le Monde, Tom Paine, Liberation, Guardian, Le Monde Diplomatique (there is an English version, go to CommonDreams),plus Mexican papers, etc.
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DemInDistress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 03:07 AM
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4. informationclearinghouse.com nt
Edited on Mon Nov-21-05 03:08 AM by DemInDistress
icasualties.org

edit to add above site..
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zonmoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 03:08 AM
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5. whatreallyhappened.com
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 03:47 AM
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7. Here's my list besides DU
www.democracynow.org
www.buzzflash.com - really can't do without
www.commondreams.org
www.truthout.org
www.smirkingchimp.com
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 06:13 AM
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8. just adding,
www.onlinejournal.com
and
www.radioleft.com

to the wonderful sites other people have already listed.

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curt_b Donating Member (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 06:43 AM
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9. The NewStandard
http:/newstandardnews.net/

Among other great hard news reporting (from a left perspective), they are still on the ground in New Orleans and the Gulf covering the post-Katrina recovery process.
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 08:55 AM
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10. You may want to check out Essential Blogs
in the Research Forum for additional resources.
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