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CHAPTER FIFTEEN Explore National newspapers and magazines
To receive the latest news from national
newspapers, go to the New York Times (requires
free registration), the Washington Post (requires free registration), USA Today, the Wall Street Journal (requires subscription), or the Los
Angeles Times web sites. For weekly
newsmagazines, visit Time, Newsweek,
and U.S. News and World Report. If you are interested in media outlets other than the
mainstream media, visit Utne.com for the best articles from alternative media sources. For a listing of thousands of newspapers
from all over the world, visit onlinenewspapers.com. Conservative Drudge and liberal Buzzflash
provide up-to-the-minute summaries of a variety of
political stories, events, and rumors featured in various news outlets. Network and cable news
To receive the latest news from network and
cable news stations, visit the following web sites: ABC News, CBS News, MSNBC, CNN,
Fox News, or
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS).
For a foreign perspective, go to BBC News. Blogs
The blog of noted senior editor of the New Republic
and an essayist for Time magazine, andrewsullivan.com
provides links to his columns on homosexuality,
politics, faith, culture, and the war in Iraq. Talkingpointsmemo.com
is a blog that is particularly popular with
liberals. It is maintained by Joshua Marshall, a contributing writer to Washington
Monthly. A popular conservative blog is Hugh Hewitt's
blog. To view the blog of Markos Moulitsas Zúniga,
highlighted in the "Profiles in Citizenship" for this chapter, go to
the Daily Kos. Other compelling blogs include Drudge report, buzzflash, and Poynter
Online to the Media watchdog organizations The Columbia Journalism Review, published by the Columbia School of Journalism,
advertises itself as "America's Premier Media Monitor." On its web
site, visitors can read articles from the current and previous issues.
Particularly interesting is the Journalism
Tools link, which includes information on who
owns what media outlets, jobs in the field of journalism, and much more. Fairness and Accuracy
in Reporting (FAIR) is an organization devoted
to highlighting media bias and censorship. FAIR's web site contains links to
recent reports of media bias. You can also listen to CounterSpin, the organization's weekly radio program that examines
media coverage of major stories during the week and discusses important topics
that the mainstream media may not have covered (requires Real Audio). Iwantmedia.com is devoted to news and stories about the media itself.
Visitors can read recent stories on media coverage as well as post a question
about the media. Civic journalism
Interested in learning more about civic
journalism? Check out The Pew Center
for Civic Journalism. The web site contains
speeches, articles, and publications on the topic. The Poynter
Institute, a nonprofit school for journalists
and teachers of journalists, offers useful information on issues of diversity,
ethics, and interpreting the media. KEEPING THE REPUBLIC While the media can provide a significant link between government and the governed, it is very important to be a critical media consumer.
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