The information regarding getting REAL news

People might be surprised to learn the difference between the content of independent media and the news and opinion carried and put out by corporate-owned media. By "independent media" I mean any news media - including newspapers, TV and radio news and Internet-based news - that are outside of corporate giants and not heavily reliant on earnings from advertising from other corporate giants.
Picture having national and city news websites that give an account equally on all groups in society, protect the rights of consumers, and report business in a way that assesses the benefits for all citizens, not just business owners and investors. The result would be a reporting that contributes to the creation of a more genuinely educated population and an equitable and just civilization. The results would include:
Value people over exceptional earnings and disingenuous corporations. The journalism practiced would expose the little known and occasionally disastrous particulars that regularly go un-mentioned. Only recently have the bonuses that consumers ultimately pay for at major banking institutions been revealed. In an effort to at least keep the general population informed of the state of the world around them recognizing what seems to create prosperity has nothing to do with providing anything of importance for anyone. Such data might change decisions about stock investments or where we choose doing our business.
Report on the essence of politics. The writers are reporting on a broad assortment of political ideas, unlike corporate media. Journalists would cover what politicians do, not what they profess they will do. More critical, small net news outlets present the important deals that actually influence people's lives and not the dramatic who slept with who last night drivel. They seldom believe, as do the for-profit media, that political parties are in fact acting to benefit the public.
Systematically scrutinize mega business. Given the domination of Big Business over just about every piece of society, individual media covers industry and corporations in proportion to their gigantic influence over most governments and society in general. They keep a regular watch on the actions of industry lobby groups. If you doubt the intensity of consequence this plays consider
" Big Oil (especially how it lobbies against environment change legislation).
" the pharmaceuticals (involved in kickbacks, dishonest pricing and deceptive marketing).
" agribusiness (how it increasingly controls everything we swallow and drink
" Take a rational attitude to international issues. Independent media strives to correct the distorted "good guys"/ "bad guys" outlook of world politics and its leaders. They report using neutral political positions built on how the systems meet the needs of those specific societies
A brighter image from the Internet
The evolution of strong, independent news and opinion on the Internet is in its infancy. Hundreds of media advocates are operating small independent news and opinion sites or managing their own information sites. Unfortunately, the minority websites and bloggers are providing original research-based journalism. To augment their original subject matter, they link to opinion pieces and news from other sites, as well as for-profit sites.
While not perfect nor economically viable in the long term, this swapping of information makes it possible for the independent on-line editors to communicate important information that is seldom found in the main stream media. Being typically small and working on difficult income recourses these editors are free to send divergent information rather than the economically profitable trash. The change in the world would be (and hopefully will be) almost impossible to imagine after decades of lies passing as "news." As one of a limitless number of examples reflect on the hostilities on Iraq. For about two years prior to the actual invasion, the internet buzzed with factual information that debunked the propaganda. The challenge was locating resources that were credible and few people wanted to invest the time. But eight years and a half a million dead later, an overwhelming majority of people are conscious that they had all over again been duped. Truth about life and death issues are being exposed at present in a small but growing number of on-line news outlets.

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