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Indpendent & Alternative News Resources on the 'Net
(updated 3/13/02)
here are a few sites i find useful for filling in the blanks and providing balance against the "official line."

counterpunch (unrelenting muckraking)

global indymedia (decentralized grassroots newsgathering and analysis)

infoshop.org news kiosk (news and opinion from an anarchist perspective)

machination.org (a constantly updated weblog pointing to the alternative news of the day)

mediachannel.org (pointers to their own and others coverage)

news dissector (a daily opinioned analysis of the news and media)

webactive (progressive radio & audio online)

wired news (civil liberties are key)

world news (more rounded int'l perspectives)

z magazine / znet (leading journal of progressive thought, run and organized in a progressive manner)

mediageek newsblog archives:

02/01/2000 - 02/29/2000
03/01/2000 - 03/31/2000
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07/01/2000 - 07/31/2000
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10/01/2000 - 10/31/2000
11/01/2000 - 11/30/2000
12/01/2000 - 12/31/2000
01/01/2001 - 01/31/2001
02/01/2001 - 02/28/2001
03/01/2001 - 03/31/2001
04/01/2001 - 04/30/2001
05/01/2001 - 05/31/2001
06/01/2001 - 06/30/2001
07/01/2001 - 07/31/2001
08/01/2001 - 08/31/2001
09/01/2001 - 09/30/2001
10/01/2001 - 10/31/2001
11/01/2001 - 11/30/2001
12/01/2001 - 12/31/2001
01/01/2002 - 01/31/2002
02/01/2002 - 02/28/2002
03/01/2002 - 03/31/2002