How to Get Information on Important Issues
There are more sources of news available than ever before. But much of what you find on television, on the radio, on social media, or on the Internet is biased at best and false at worst. Get your news from several different sources to be better informed.
Although it is more fun to visit websites or read magazines that share your personal bias, you will benefit from including at least one or two sources from the “conventional” list below. Entertaining progressive news sources are suggested for both information and stress reduction through laughter. The conventional news sources may have a pro-Big Business slant, lack gender or racial balance, or get some stories wrong. The news monitoring organizations below can make you more aware of these problems. Reliable Conventional News Sources Your local newspaper - Quad City Times, Rock Island Argus/Moline Dispatch, North Scott Press NPR – National Public Radio PBS – Public Broadcasting Service BBC – British Broadcasting Corporation Al Jazeera Christian Science Monitor The Atlantic The Guardian The Washington Post The New York Times The New Yorker NBC/ABC/CBS Progressive News Sources Slate The Nation MSNBC (see especially the Rachel Maddow Show) The Huffington Post Mother Jones Entertaining Progressive News Sources The Hightower Lowdown (Jim Hightower) – monthly newsletter The Daily Show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Last Week Tonight – John Oliver Real Time with Bill Maher The Stephanie Miller Show – Monday-Friday radio show, podcast available or stream online News Monitoring Organizations FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) Media Matters for America Columbia Journalism Review PACG Issue Formus
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Health Care Reform
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