Independent media
 Independent media(Media)   | |
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 In comparison with corporate media. | |
| Interest of | • Dave Cullen • Zero Hedge |
| Media that is not part of the corporate media system, mostly independently and tenuously funded. | |
Independent media (sometimes called Alternative media) is media that is not part of the corporate media system, mostly independently - and very tenuously - funded.
Contents
Official narrative
- Full article: Fake news
- Full article: Fake news
Commercially-controlled media regularly charges independent media with producing "fake news", a phrase which arose from The Deep State's "fake news website" project to try to boost flagging trust in corporate media.
Own words
“We are subject to no editorial oversight or control, apart from our own self-imposed sense of what is right and fair, or in some cases what we think our readers are ready to hear. We have no bosses or advertisers to please or appease. Our owners are the readers. And with an owner that diverse and diffuse, we have been freed of the tyranny of billionaires and corporations.
This new model of journalism is revolutionary. It is genuinely pluralistic media. It allows a much wider spectrum of thought to reach the mainstream than ever before. And perhaps even more importantly, it allows independent journalists to examine, critique and expose the corporate media in real time, showing how little pluralism they allow and how often they resort to blatant falsehood and propaganda techniques.”
Jonathan Cook (2021) [1]
Problems with independent media
The tenuous funding often means insufficient resources to follow up a story, do deep research or have editorial polish. Independent media can be infiltrated, where the credibility of independence is used to further official narratives.
Output
Occasionally some government owned or corporate media produce output similar to independent media. Corporate media will from time to time allow dissident voices when the topic is far away in time or no longer seen as dangerous; and some of the output concerning adversaries can cover deep politics.
Some state owned media channels employ or let speak Western dissidents. The most known ones are Russia Today. Sputnik, Press TV, Al Jazeera and TeleSUR, but also others, thereby creating a similar output to Western independent media, but will follow official editorial lines in most other areas, for example Covid or criticism of the host country.
Examples
| Page name | Description |
|---|---|
| Accuracy in Media | A shady non-profit broadcaster with some good segments. |
| Anti-Empire | Site concentrating on independent geopolitical analysis. Covid-19 dissident. |
| Antiwar.com | Antiwar news and viewpoints since 1995; has moved closer to official narratives over the years |
| Apolut | German-language independent media |
| Bella Caledonia | |
| Black Agenda Report | Independent media outlet with a black American left-wing angle. Covers deep politics. |
| Breitbart News | |
| Craig Murray's blog | The blog of a former UK diplomat of rare perspicacity and integrity, whose blog was "jolted back out of retirement" by the "horrifying" spectacle of Tony Blair speaking at Ariel Sharon’s Funeral |
| Crimes of Britain | A website focused on exposing the crimes of the UK |
| Daily Expose | "Misinformation" website based in Great Britain. |
| Dissident Voice | "A radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and justice". |
| Fort Russ | Named as an outlet of "Fake News" by PropOrNot. |
| Geopolitics & Empire | Podcast censored by Western corporate/governments for Covid-19 coverage and other deep state subjects. |
| Global Research | A research and media organization based in Montreal, Canada, and highly recommended source of independent news |
| GreatGameIndia | Indian website on international affairs, often writing on deep state topics. |
| ISGP | A thoroughly researched collection of articles which tell some important and generally untold stories, especially about the rich and powerful. |
| If Americans Knew | Tour-de-force website of US journalist Alison Weir. It focuses on the historical and ongoing injustices perpetrated by the state of Israel against the non-Jewish people of Palestine. |
| Information Clearing House | One of the central independent media outlets. Tries to tell the stories that corporate media never will. Includes a lot of videos. |
| Infowars | A website operated by Alex Jones. Loved by its fans, disliked by many in powerful positions. Heavily censored by Big Tech. |
| Jerm Warfare | Long-format interviews on a number of subjects with a number of personalities, often dissidents in their field or independent analysts. |
| JohnPilger.com | The films and journalism of John Pilger |
| Jonathan Cook/Website | The blog of journalist and author Jonathan Cook |
| LewRockwell.com | Named as an outlet of "Fake News" by PropOrNot. |
| NachDenkSeiten | German-language independent media outlet targeted by the intelligence services.. |
| No Lies Radio | |
| OffGuardian | Produced by a group of Guardian readers unhappy with its censorship policy |
| Oracle Films | Anti establishment filmmaking |
| Press TV | An Iranian English-speaking media channel notably banned from the UK and US |
| Radio4All.net | The internet's first site to permit free up and download of MP3s, now has over 70,000 MP3s available for download, including a lot of independently produced radio shows on political topics |
| Real Media | |
| Reclaim The Net | A website focused on daily news about censorship in the United States and worldwide. |
| Ron Paul Institute | Independent thinking with a libertarian angle |
| Russia Today | A global TV channel backed by the Russian government. Allows Western dissidents on air and some deep politics to be discussed. Putting a positive spin on the government, but not too bad coverage of Russia either. |
| SKWAWKBOX | |
| Salem News | Oregon based online newsgroup |
| Slavyangrad.org | Website (now inactive) that supported the rebels in Eastern Ukraine |
| Socialist Review | The monthly magazine of the British Socialist Workers Party |
| South Front | Russian-friendly video analysis site. Has faced massive Western corporate/government censorship. |
| StephenLendman.org | The website of US analyst Stephen Lendman |
| Suppressed News | |
| The Canary | |
| The Corbett Report | Named as an outlet of "Fake News" by PropOrNot. Censored and deranked by Youtube and Twitter. |
| The Gateway Pundit | The Gateway Pundit is an online news publication consisting of news, commentary and analysis. |
| The Jimmy Dore Show | American political comedy show. |
| The Kim Iversen Show | Independent analysis of today's politics. Foreign Policy, Pandemic, Elections and More. |
| The Last American Vagabond | Heavily censored by Western corporate/governments for Covid-19 coverage and other deep state subjects. |
| The Real News | Named as an outlet of "Fake News". |
| The Truthseeker | Independent website with an interest in False flag attacks |
| TruePublica | UK independent media website. |
| Truthstream Media | An internet based, independent media outlet. |
| ... further results | |
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Corbett | “When there is a question mark in the headline, the answer is always no.” | James Corbett | 22 October 2021 |
| John Laughland | “A feature of today’s mass media culture which many dissidents lazily and wrongly denounce as "totalitarian" is precisely that dissenting views may be expressed and published, but this is precisely because, being mere drops in the ocean, they are never a threat to the tide of propaganda.” | John Laughland | 2010 |
| Alan MacLeod | “In addition to training spies, the SFS also produces many of the country’s top journalists, including alternative media host Saagar Enjeti. When Enjeti left his job as host of The Hill’s show, "Rising," he was replaced by another SFS graduate, Emily Miller. Interestingly, Enjeti himself was a replacement for original host Buck Sexton, a former CIA analyst.” | Alan MacLeod | 15 March 2023 |
An official example
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| Children's Health Defense |
