Reliable News Sources and Track Records of Political Candidates
In order to be able to act as a responsible citizen and steward of Planet Earth, you need to be well informed. The below news outlets provide reliable information and cover news that big US networks often ignore as not interesting for the average US news consumer:
- Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org also on ROKU and other streaming channels - 1 hour Monday-Friday, Award-winning independent news
- Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com is a news organization funded in part by the government of Qatar. Launched in 1996 as a broadcast station “for the public benefit,” it is now a global network with bureaus in 70 locations around the world. Its television channels are broadcast in several languages, and its websites are published in both Arabic and English, with approximately 5 million visits each month. Ad Fontes Media rates Al Jazeera as neutral in terms of bias and as most reliable in terms of reliability.
- BBC World News http://www.bbc.com/news/world
- On Sling TV with News add-on: https://www.sling.com/channels/bbc-world-news
- ON Comcast/Xfinity: Channel 387
- BBC World News America is different and more tailored towards America.
- Listen to World Service Radio
- PBS News Hour: http://www.pbs.org/show/newshour/
- The Guardian (UK): https://www.theguardian.com/
- ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org
- Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com
- Politico: http://www.politico.com
- Independent Media Center: https://www.indymedia.org/
- Listen to World Service Radio
- National Public Radio (NPR):
- Michigan Radio: Online Stream http://www.npr.org
Ann Arbor: 91.7 FM
Flint 91.1 FM
Grand Rapids 104.1
Ohio: WGTE-FM Toledo 91.3
- Michigan Radio: Online Stream http://www.npr.org
VOTER SCORE CARDS:
- Environmental score cards for federal elections: http://scorecard.lcv.org
- Michigan score cards: https://michiganlcv.org/accountabiliy
- Michigan Legislative Scorecard (Siera Club Michigan): https://www.sierraclub.org/michigan/legislative-scorecards