Columbia Journalism Review

http://www.cjr.org/

It's about time we had another news posting, I say. Keep this in mind: if you're reading something that is classified as a peer-reviewed journal, there's a good chance that it's a reliable source on the topic. It appears they want to make it very clear that you are reading exactly that. I bumped into this publication's site by accident one day and was quite impressed with the quality of the reporting and the writing. From what I've found across the net, the publication seems to be universally respected by journalists. Besides being an excellent news source, they have other features that I've started checking out more and more often. The one that introduced me to the site was the "Who Owns What" resource, that lists major corporations and all of the companies that they own, and it's quite fascinating. Besides that, they've got several sections of the website dedicated to various topics from the economy, to information overload, to transparency, and so much more.

The Autonomie Project

http://www.autonomieproject.com/index.html

We've done things focused on television for the last couple of weeks, so I figured I'd go a different direction this week. I'm happy to post a link to a company dedicated to following high ethical standards. They offer shirts, shoes, flip-flops, handbags, and more. All of their products are Fair Trade certified, vegan, and made from organic cotton and other eco-friendly materials. They also keep a blog with links to other websites and products that follow their ethical standards. Go check out what they have to say and what they have to offer!

News Hounds

http://www.newshounds.us/

This is one of the websites that inspired me to start my own, so it was bound to make it into own of my early postings.

Here's the lowdown: they watch Fox News all day every day. Not only that, but they also keep constant watch on the Fox News website. They are a watchdog group that monitors when and how Fox spins the news to reflect conservative ideas. They do multiple blog postings every day, seven days a week. This is not the website where you go to get balanced news by any means, but you can go here to find out what many conservative citizens and politicians are thinking and feeling.

The Daily Show/The Colbert Report

http://www.thedailyshow.com/

http://www.colbertnation.com/home

Blow these shows off if you want as being for (as Bill O'Reilly put it) "stoned slackers," but for nearly a decade now, the people behind these shows have gone above and beyond being mere political satire. They have been instrumental in exposing some of the ludicrous actions of the major news networks, the lies of the Bush Administration, the failures of Congress, and have had some of the best guests with some of the most interesting debates I've ever seen on national television. I won't tag this is as a news posting, but what these shows really are are infotainment, which can be one of the most powerful tools in the spread of information. They can take news segments from the day or the week and spit it back at you as funny and hard-hitting as Dr. Strangelove. Of course, always take these shows with a grain of salt. They're not news, so they're certainly biased. They are both left leaning in their philosophies, but they happened to also be owned by Viacom (one of the big media corporations).

The main reason I post the links to their websites is that you can watch nearly every single thing they've ever aired--updated daily--and some things that weren't aired including longer, unedited interviews and extra segments.

Quote #2

"Silence is consent."

-Unknown