The Alternative Media
Alternative Sources for News, and informed Opinion
It is the view of the current writer that the Main Stream Media in the UK and USA, radio, TV, newspapers and magazines have become compromised by their close affintiy with corprate interests. This means certain stories are simply never covered.
The recent debate about Fake News has raised the question about such news infecting what used to be largely trust worthy sources.
Below are links to the new Alt Media that is often doing the job the Fourth Estate is meant to do and is not.
This is not to say these alternative news sites never get it wrong - but they certainly present well researched information and ideas you will not find on a TV near to you anytime soon.
Of course informed discernment is necessary here to, but certain ideas, vital to udnerstanding what is going on in the world at the moment, you will find nowhere else.
The recent debate about Fake News has raised the question about such news infecting what used to be largely trust worthy sources.
Below are links to the new Alt Media that is often doing the job the Fourth Estate is meant to do and is not.
This is not to say these alternative news sites never get it wrong - but they certainly present well researched information and ideas you will not find on a TV near to you anytime soon.
Of course informed discernment is necessary here to, but certain ideas, vital to udnerstanding what is going on in the world at the moment, you will find nowhere else.
Newsbud
Newsbud (and Boiling Frog Post) is the news outlet for the remarkably well informed whistle blower, Sibel Edmunds. She speaks many Middle Eastern languages and was employed by the FBI prior to 9/11.
Her experience on the inside of that story led her to speak out and research much that is going on that remains ignored in the main stream media. |
The Corbett Report
James Corbett heads The Corbett Report. He is well informed and thoughtful and has a great capacity for summarising complex and nuanced issues.
He ahs recently featured on the Fake News list, which he takes as a badge of honour - he must be getting something right. |
The Keiser Report
Max Kieser and (his wife) Stacey Herbert present Economics in a way that is fresh and engaging and has little respect for the bankers who – in theiir view – have economically ruined our society. Their reports, although lively, are always based soundly on facts.
In this episode of the Keiser Report from a beach in Florida, Max and Stacy review the year that was Donald Trump as markets rally the most since Herbert Hoover in 1928 but is a 1929 like crash in the cards. In the second half, Max interviews Karl Denninger of Market-Ticker.org about whether or not Trump is, indeed, ‘draining the swamp?’ Or is he repopulating it with bigger, more terrifying swamp creatures?
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Dark Journalist
Dark Journalist is an independent investigative reporter and filmmaker who coined the term "Dark Journalism" to introduce crucial areas of research and investigation that the mainstream media refuses to touch.
In the interview below he talks to the renowned physicist Russel Targ about remote viewing.
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The Mind Renewed
This is what Julian Charles says about his work:"The Mind Renewed : Thinking Christianly in a New World Order is a Podcast and Website dedicated to understanding the world in which we live from a Christian worldview perspective.
We are acutely conscious of propaganda in the mainstream media, and of the bewildering mass of information in the alternative media - some of it reliable, much of it not. We therefore seek to address matters of concern to people (whether they be 'people of faith' or none) in an unsensational and informed fashion, in the hope that truth will be uncovered and that bridges will be built between people through greater understanding." The Christianity seldom gets in the way of excellent questions and robust analysis. One of the best podcasts you can access. What is this strange thing called the Bilderberg Group? Is it something that we should we be concerned about? Or is it, as many people say, essentially just a "talking shop" for rich people?
To put us in the picture, we welcome back to the programme Tony Gosling, investigative radio journalist and former BBC reporter. |
Going Underground
They say of themselves:
"Three times a week Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to discover the stories that aren’t being covered by the mainstream UK media. From GCHQ to Occupy protests, and everything else in between, Going Underground is here to bring a fresh perspective to our audiences around Britain." Coming from the RT stable, the interviews are very professional and cover stories not on the BBC - or from a different perspective. Many heavyweight interviews. In this episode they talk to award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger about his latest film
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