10 best websites for alternative news
Mainstream media’s repetition and sensationalism can make it hard to find news worth reading. So, from millions of web publications, we’ve culled the best non-traditional and/or non-corporate news sites and organized them according to our own dubious proclivities for your enjoyment. Our advice: read religiously, rinse, repeat.
- Kottke - A link extravaganza with a healthy dose of annotation. Founder Jason Kottke has one of the sharpest eyes around for spotting compelling news and oddities, making his decade-old blog a must-read.
- Gawker - What was once a site exclusively for “Manhattan media news and gossip” has become a bit more national in scope, while retaining its signature biting wit and playful contempt for the New York Times.
- The Morning News - Humor and general-interest essays with a Gotham sensibility. Accompanied by daily-updated links to big or interesting stories around the Internet.
- These Today - 5 daily (or mostly) “unmissable” stories from across the web, arranged from “highbrow” to “lowbrow.” Which sort of makes us uncomfortable; but hey, it’s their thing, and they do it well.
- Salon - Former Salon Editor-in-Chief David Talbot has labeled the site a “smart tabloid,” but careful thought pieces and reporting on American politics cause us to overlook any tabloid tendencies.
- National Journal - Read what they’re reading: the National Journal has been the go-to publication for Washington insiders for over 30 years.
- Daily Kos - Staunchly liberal political blogging on steroids, powered by readers-turned-contributors.
- FP Passport - Readers of Foreign Policy magazine, foreign policy enthusiasts, and anyone who loves a good slice of irony will enjoy the magazine’s blog, Passport.
- The Daily Dish - The Atlantic Senior Editor Andrew Sullivan’s popular blog. Think of it as Kottke for the politically-inclined.
- Boing Boing - In the occasional instance it fails to live up to its tag line as “a directory of wonderful things,” at the very least Boing Boing is a directory of random things, which we think holds its own merit.
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