Turn off CNN, MSNBC & Fox News. BBC, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle -- although they are state run, you'll hear a little bit more neutral coverage of US politics than you will with the US corporate media. Plus you'll also hear information about people and places and things going on in other parts of the world than you would with US-centric news that makes up our major corporate news networks. Stay away from RT (Russia Today) though, it is garbage. Stay far far away from that Putin run modern day Pravda. But here are some non-corporate media that you should be watching:
The Young Turks: http://tytnetwork.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks
Secular Talk: https://www.youtube.com/user/SecularTalk
The David Pakman Show: https://www.davidpakman.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MidweekPolitics
Democracy Now!: http://www.democracynow.org/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow
BNO News (formerly @BreakingNews) http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/landing
PBS Newshour: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZFN9Tx6xh-skXCuRHCDpQ
The Philip DeFranco Show (non-bias pop culture & Youtube news) https://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil
The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/
Below are links to some corporate US media, but I included them just for the fact that some of them stream live 24/7 and if you want to hear a breaking news story, it will often be the best place to turn, depending upon what part of the world it has happened in. It's very hard to bring bias to a breaking news story. It's just about what is happening right at the moment. However, you have to keep in mind certain things when watching breaking news, here is a list:
The Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: https://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumers-handbook-pdf/
Quick Image Overview: http://imgur.com/OWJDFJM
Al Jazeera English: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish Al Jazeera Livefeed 24/7 English: http://www.aljazeera.com/live/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgJtWREOXHA
FRANCE24 English: https://www.youtube.com/user/france24english - FRANCE24 English Livefeed 24/7: http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed
DW (Deutsche Welle) English: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish DW English Livefeed 24/7: http://www.dw.com/en/media-center/live-tv/s-100825 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yt3HsaIEhM
BBC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/bbcnews BBC News World Service Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio
Associated Press (AP): https://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress
AFP (Agence France-Presse): https://www.youtube.com/user/AFP
Reuters: https://www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo
ABC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABCNews
CBS News: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBSNewsOnline CBSN Livefeed 24/7: http://www.cbsnews.com/live/
The New York Times: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheNewYorkTimes
Fox News Livefeed 24/7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yjWDEqvkJc - Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel (Fox News is obviously heavily right wing influenced & an arm of the GOP, but if you are looking for breaking news coverage on an incident that is happening right at the moment, it's an okay place to look)
Sky News (UK) Livefeed 24/7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg - Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/skynews
Bloomberg News Livefeed 24/7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3maNZ0x0w
Not news, but still interesting - NASA International Space Station Live Feed looking down on planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMQza8xZCc
All Live Channels on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4R8DWoMoI7CAwX8_LjQHig
Breaking News Twitter List: https://twitter.com/pogue25/lists/news (kept curated, pruned and up to date with legitimate news sources for breaking news)
A few more suggestions:
http://theantimedia.org/six-news-outlets-following/
http://pontiactribune.com/2015/02/10-news-outlets-corporate-media-doesnt-want-you-to-follow/
Within the US here are a few good media orgs:
The Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/
Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/
The McClatchy Group: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/
Far Left Media Orgs - It's important to become class conscious in this world of right wing extremism with their political theater and propaganda news outlets that take cues from Josef Goebbels:
Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/
World Socialist Web Site: http://www.wsws.org/
Jacobin Magazine: https://www.jacobinmag.com/
The Socialist Worker: https://socialistworker.org/
Global Revolution TV: http://globalrevolution.tv/
Think Progress: https://thinkprogress.org/
Color of Change: https://colorofchange.org/
Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/
Truthdig: http://www.truthdig.com/
ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/
Wonkette: https://wonkette.com/
Socialist Alternative: https://www.socialistalternative.org/
Far Left Parties that are still functioning in the USA after the collapse of the USSR:
Socialist Party of the USA: https://www.socialistpartyusa.net/
Communist Party of the USA: http://www.cpusa.org/
(Note: I don't necessarily endorse these groups or their aims)
I know some may disagree with me, but if you have any other suggestions, HMU on Twitter @pogue25 or leave a comment below.
