Independent News
Included in this list are independent news sites, many of which are not-for-profit, whose stated missions are to uncover and report the news honestly, if not necessarily without some bias, and with maximum transparency.
Independent News Sties
AllSides
Unlike regular news services, AllSides exposes bias and provides multiple angles on the same story so you can quickly get the full picture, not just one slant.Asia Times
Since its early days in Bangkok, Asia Times has been among the most credible names in news in the world’s most populous region. With its October 2016 re-launch, Asia Times is again leading the way, incorporating digital tools – including a dynamic blogging platform that gives readers a voice – rarely seen in the Asian media market. (source:swebsite)C-Span
"The C-SPAN networks were created by the cable industry and are offered as a public service to provide access to balanced, commercial-free coverage of the American political process. The networks are privately funded by the cable industry, without government or taxpayer support."The Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity was founded in 1989 by Charles Lewis. We are one of the country's oldest and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organizations. We are also the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. (source:website)Consortiumnews.com
Since 1995, as the first investigative news magazine based on the Internet, Consortiumnews.com has managed to produce groundbreaking journalism on many of the most significant issues of the day, including national security, foreign policy, politics and the environment. (source:website)Democracy Now
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network: Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV: Free Speech TV ch. 348 and Link TV ch. 375); and on the internet. DN!’s podcast is one of the most popular on the web. (source:website)Detector de Mentiras
Verificación de hechos reportados en español.
Fair Observer: Make Sense of the World
Fair Observer is a section 501(c)(3) nonprofit media organization in the US that educates global citizens both through its journal and its teaching programs. Our crowdsourced multimedia journal, with strong editorial processes, provides a 360° view to help you make sense of the world. Our education and training programs for students, young professionals and business executives cover subjects like journalism, geopolitics, the global economy, diversity and more.The Guardian
The Guardian - US Version is a division of the Guardian, headquartered in the United Kingdom.Hoax Slayer
Debunking hoaxes and exposing scams since 2003! Hoax-Slayer
provides a resource where Internet users can check the veracity of email and social media messages (source:website.)The Intercept
"We believe the prime value of journalism is that it imposes transparency, and thus accountability, on those who wield the greatest governmental and corporate power. Our journalists will be not only permitted, but encouraged, to pursue stories without regard to whom they might alienate." (quote from Wikipedia, Intercept Entry)
Mother Jones
Mother Jones is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization and the winner of the American Society of Magazine Editors’ 2017 Magazine of the Year Award. Our staff does independent and investigative reporting on everything from politics and climate change to education and food. (sosurce:website)Moyens & Company
". . .So, the first newspaper to be published in America became the first to be suppressed. Hardly an auspicious start for aspiring journalists. But we’ve come a long way since then, and no such threat hangs over us. We will therefore do our best to deliver a sundry 'Account of such considerable things as have arrived unto our Notice,' including — in the spirit of forefather Harris — the truth about power." ~ Bill MoyersNewsBud: Where media Integrity matters
A 100% People-Funded Media with Integrity, in partnership with BFP, is an independent news, analyses and multimedia network. All Newsbud reports and multimedia productions are entirely independent, nonpartisan, and developed, written, produced, and vetted by our staff, who are paid with funding from the public-That’s you.(source:website)NPR - Politics: Fact Check
Facts checked by the staff of National Public RadioOpen Democracy
openDemocracy is an independent global media platform publishing up to 60 articles a week and attracting over 8 million visits per year. Through reporting and analysis of social and political issues, openDemocracy seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate across the world. With human rights as our central guiding focus, we ask tough questions about freedom, justice and democracy.(source:website)
ProPublica
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them. (source:website)The Real News NetWork
The Real News Network (TRNN) is a non-profit, viewer-supported daily video-news and documentary service. We don’t accept advertising, and we don’t accept government or corporate funding. TRNN is sustained by viewer donations and earned revenue.Think Progress
Think Progress is a news site dedicated to providing our readers with rigorous reporting and analysis from a progressive perspective. Founded in 2005, ThinkProgress is an editorially independent project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.Truth Be Told
TruthBeTold.news (formerly called HU Insight) is a non-profit, non-partisan website and digital network, run and edited from Howard University’s Department of Media, Journalism and Film in the School of Communications. It uses journalistic skills and crowdsourced information to play a leading role by examining claims about the black community in public debate (source:website).TruthDig
Truthdig, founded in 2005 by Publisher Zuade Kaufman and Editor in Chief Robert Scheer, is dedicated to reporting on current issues that are insufficiently covered by mainstream media. The website’s mission is to dig beneath the headlines, provide expert reporting and commentary from a progressive point of view, and offer an outlet for original work by exceptional journalists.TruthOut
Truthout works to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing a platform for transformative ideas, through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis. With a powerful, independent voice, we will spur the revolution in consciousness and inspire the direct action that is necessary to save the planet and humanity.
Who.What.Why
WhoWhatWhy embodies a form of investigative reporting that is rigorous, relentless and scientific — we call it forensic journalism.Yes! Magazine
Yes! Magazine reframes the biggest problems of our time in terms of their solutions. Online and in print, we outline a path forward with in-depth analysis, tools for citizen engagement, and stories about real people working for a better world.
News Agencies
News Agencies
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
L’Agence France-Presse (AFP) est une agence de presse mondiale fournissant une information rapide, vérifiée et complète sur les événements qui font l’actualité internationale. = Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a global news agency providing rapid, verified and comprehensive information on events that make international news.Associated Press
The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City. Teams in over 100 countries tell the world’s stories, from breaking news to investigative reporting. We provide content and services to help engage audiences worldwide, working with companies of all types, from broadcasters to brands. (source:website)Reuters
Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency. (source:website)United Press International
United Press International is a leading provider of news, photos and information to millions of readers around the globe via UPI.com and its licensing services. (source:website)
Verification
News Verification Sites
FactCheck.org
"FactCheck.org aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding. (source:website)FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Resporting)
FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.(source:website)Open Secrets.org
Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policyPolitifact
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics. PolitiFact is run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times, an independent newspaper in Florida, as is PunditFact, a site devoted to fact-checking pundits. (source:website)Poytner Fact Checking
Poynter is the home of the International Fact-Checking Network. This section collects all our fact-checking articles.Snopes
The Snopes.com web site was founded by David Mikkelson, a project begun in 1994 as an expression of his interest in researching urban legends that has since grown into the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet, one widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and laypersons alike as one of the world’s essential resources. (source:website)The Sunlight Foundation
Making government and politics more accountable and transparent.Washington Post's Factchecker
"The Truth behind the Rhetoric, by journalist Glenn Kessler."
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