Barber's Buzz
A great new addition to the site, Barber's Buzz, from clubmember, local journalist and recovering Republican, David Barber.
GREAT SOURCES FOR NEWS AND INFORMATION
Sadly, there isn't much on offer locally except what we tell each other.
There are a TON of great news sources out there that aren't controlled by corporate/billionaire/right wing/special interest that are still practicing good journalism. Some are free, some require a subscription.
-The Tennessee Holler: https://tnholler.com/ founded in 2019 by Justin Kanew, progressive news
-The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org (Not owned, governed by a board of volunteers founded in 2008, funded by donations and subscriptions)
-Mississippi Today https://mississippitoday.org/ Nonprofit journalism in the dark red heart of the south.
-San Francisco Chronicle https://www.sfchronicle.com/ (owned by Hearst Media since 2000)
-The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us (Based in Britain, supported by donations, owned by The Scott Trust since 1907)
-Monocle- https://monocle.com Another British publication, but it does a great job of covering the world, in print magazine, and in radio. They call it “Affairs.” You can listen here: https://monocle.com/all/affairs/ they broadcast nonstop, but their online archive goes back to 2007.
-AP: https://apnews.com/ The good old Associated Press. The service that all the services depend on. Subscribe for free. Bear in mind, all the corporate sources pay the Associated Press, so they are somewhat at their mercy. They won’t do a lot of confrontational journalism, but they will get facts, and they are everywhere.
-Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/ The British version of AP. Owned by Thompson Reuters. Founded in 1851. British Institution. Paid subscription.
-NPR/PBS: https://www.npr.org You know what this is, but again, it operates at the pleasure of the wealthy due to their generous tax shelter status.
-ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/ The best thing to come to journalism in a long, long time. Read it. Send them money. These people preach the pure Journalistic Gospel. They do the digging, and they reveal the truth.
-States Newsroom: https://statesnewsroom.com/ Very much like ProPublica, only at a state level. Great journalists from around the country, reporting on important news across the states. Really good coverage on my home state of Kansas. Wish they had more regional coverage around here.
-Democracy Docket: Democracy Docket incredible legal news from around the country.
-The Week: The Week is a compendium from 200 different trusted and vetted publications every week since 1995, and comes in print, online, email newsletter, and app editions.
-Web search engines: Look it up yourself! So many people forget about this. Despite being the corporate all have the ability to look things up for ourselves! Aand if you're really not into having your information sold, tracked, and stored, skip Google and try Duck Duck Go: https://duckduckgo.com I've been using it, and you won't notice the difference. No more Google on my devices (except to check club emails--working on that)
Social Media:
-Reddit https://www.reddit.com
-BlueSky https://bsky.app/
-Substack https://substack.com/
Writers to follow on Substack:
-Robert Reich
-Doug Porter
-Heather Cox Richardson
-Jeff Tiedrich (careful with this one)
-Dr. Nancy Pearson
-Arturo Dominguez
-Kristofer Goldsmith
-Elad Nehorai
-Jack Hopkins
-Ken Klippenstein
-Mehdi Hasan
Podcasts:
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The New Yorker Political Scene
On The Media
Gaslit Nation
KQED’s Forum
Stay Tuned with Preet
This American Life
The Ezra Klein Show
The Monacle Daily
The Globalist
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In short, if it's run by a corporation, line your cat box with it.
Otherwise: explore it. If it’s good, and I haven’t mentioned it, share it with me at escondidodems@gmail.com , and I’ll add it to this list!
