I'll spread the response into multiple comments (for space reasons).
Part 1: Sources (incomplete list)
Here are only SOME of my sources (in no particular order) ->
(REMEMBER -> There is NO SUCH THING as 'unbiased news' or 'unbiased humans')
(1) Democracy Now
(2) MintPress News
(3) The Intercept
(4) Consortium News
(6) Al Jazeera (be aware of middle-east bias)
(7) BreakThrough News
(8) Democracy At Work (Richard Wolff)
(9) DW News (be aware of Western bias with this German news channel)
(10) Empire Files (Abby Martin)
(11) Frontline PBS (be aware of US/Western bias)
(12) Geopolitical Economy Report (Ben Norton - be aware of Russian/Chinese bias)
(13) Going Underground with RT (be aware of Russian bias)
(14) Jacobin
(15) Novara Media
(16) ProPublica (be aware of US bias)
(17) Robert Reich (be aware of Democratic party bias)
(18) The Breach (Canadian)
(19) The Real News Network
(20) The Institute of Art and Ideas
(21) UnHerd (be aware of right-wing/conservative bias)
(22) Vice News (be aware of liberal bias)
(23) Vox (be aware of liberal bias)
(24) Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
.....too many more to list.....
Other individuals: Katie Helper, Rania Khalek, Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, Aaron Mate, Max Blumenthal, Seymour Hersh, Chris Hedges, John Pilger, Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis, Caitlin Johnstone, Peter Joseph, James Randi, John Mearsheimer, Vijay Prashad, Michael Hudson, ....again, too many more to list.... (again, be aware of each individual's biases)
Middle-Eastern News sources (for following the Israel-Palestine conflict AND Western hegemony in the Middle-East):
(1) Middle East Eye
(2) Al Jazeera
(3) Mondoweiss
(4) The Electronic Intifada
Some YouTube Channels ->
acTVism Munich, AJ+, Back to the Science (Susan Oliver), Bad Faith (Briahna Joy Gray), BadEmpanada, BettBeat Media, CNA Insider, Double Down News, Glenn Diesen, Go Meta with Oli Sharpe, India & Global Left, International Manifesto Group, Leeja Miller (be aware of liberal/Democratic party bias), Neutrality Studies, Peoples Dispatch, PoliticsJOE, Rachel Bevins, Real Progressives, Robert Reich (be aware of liberal/Democratic party bias), Samo Burja, Science is Dope, Second Thought, Skeptic (Michael Shermer - be aware of liberal/capitalism bias), The Burning Archive, The People's Forum NYC, The Swoletariat, The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow, theAnalysis-news, uncivilized... again, too many to list.
I have to throw-in Daniel Davis' 'Deep Dive' on YouTube. Otherwise looks like a good list here. Many I've accessed for many years, some I've come to dismiss over time, others I'll have to check out. Thanks!
Yes, like I mentioned, my list is incomplete - I’d be here all night if I attempted to list EVERY source on EVERY subject/topic that I am interested in (and still not arrive at an exhaustive enough list).
Another person that I highly respect is David Harvey (economics and Marxism) and the husband-and-wife team of economists Prabhat Patnaik and Utsa Patnaik (if you like Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff).
Funny that your #1 resource is Democracy Now. Aaron Mate, who used to work for DN, has wondered out loud "Wha' happened". If you listen selectively to what Amy says, you can gain support for your goals from her reporting. But way too often, there's the "fingernails on the chalkboard" experience that is so dissonant with reality that one can't take her seriously. I confess I don't have an example because I stopped taking Amy seriously about a decade ago so I don't pay attention to her any longer.
I suppose such an experience happens with almost all news sources.
But what am I to do with this list? Put mine next to it and then what?
You don't like Aaron Good because you claim he has "Weak critical thinking".
It has been my experience that the people who criticize Good do so because of his Deep Dive into "The American Exception". They still hang on to this quaint idea that "America is a force for good", no matter how much you might criticize it, there's no recognition that it is rotten to the core.
That's where Norman Finkelstein comes in and explains the "Jewish Supremacists" who have infiltrated the US congress with the lone hero, Thomas Massie, explaining to us AIPAC control of our government, thus we can throw the "tail wags the dog" Israel conspiracy out the window.
It is the Deep State that makes these choices. Brian Berletic uses the "Deep State" products from Oligarchic financed "Think Tanks" to explain the "continuity of agenda" that overrides any elected political formulation of policy.
But this only makes sense because of Good's revelation of the nature of the "Deep State" which he says is a horrible label, but no other fits.
One has to endure Good's 24 hour YouTube series "Empire and the Deep State" to even begin to understand the breadth and depth of the true nature of the American economy and political system.
Lest one come away thinking this is just another "Anti-Semitic" screed, the "Deep State" arrived with the Puritans. The "Jewish Mafia" lead by Meyer Lansky was able to carve out representation in the Deep State and the "Boston Brahmins" are more than willing to let the Jews be the front that they hide behind.
It is quite unfortunate that many (probably most) reading this and coming across "Deep State" will immediately cover their ears and squeeze their eyes shut and scream "conspiracy theory".
What part of ["REMEMBER -> There is NO SUCH THING as 'unbiased news' or 'unbiased humans']" did you NOT understand?
What part of ["I PREFER to think for MYSELF (rather than to believe whatever someone ELSE thinks I should believe). And I don't have any heroes (but I do respect many people for many different reasons)"] did you NOT understand?
Are you suffering from 'reading comprehension' issues?
I'll spread the response into multiple comments (for space reasons).
Part 1: Sources (incomplete list)
Here are only SOME of my sources (in no particular order) ->
(REMEMBER -> There is NO SUCH THING as 'unbiased news' or 'unbiased humans')
(1) Democracy Now
(2) MintPress News
(3) The Intercept
(4) Consortium News
(6) Al Jazeera (be aware of middle-east bias)
(7) BreakThrough News
(8) Democracy At Work (Richard Wolff)
(9) DW News (be aware of Western bias with this German news channel)
(10) Empire Files (Abby Martin)
(11) Frontline PBS (be aware of US/Western bias)
(12) Geopolitical Economy Report (Ben Norton - be aware of Russian/Chinese bias)
(13) Going Underground with RT (be aware of Russian bias)
(14) Jacobin
(15) Novara Media
(16) ProPublica (be aware of US bias)
(17) Robert Reich (be aware of Democratic party bias)
(18) The Breach (Canadian)
(19) The Real News Network
(20) The Institute of Art and Ideas
(21) UnHerd (be aware of right-wing/conservative bias)
(22) Vice News (be aware of liberal bias)
(23) Vox (be aware of liberal bias)
(24) Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
.....too many more to list.....
Other individuals: Katie Helper, Rania Khalek, Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, Aaron Mate, Max Blumenthal, Seymour Hersh, Chris Hedges, John Pilger, Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis, Caitlin Johnstone, Peter Joseph, James Randi, John Mearsheimer, Vijay Prashad, Michael Hudson, ....again, too many more to list.... (again, be aware of each individual's biases)
Middle-Eastern News sources (for following the Israel-Palestine conflict AND Western hegemony in the Middle-East):
(1) Middle East Eye
(2) Al Jazeera
(3) Mondoweiss
(4) The Electronic Intifada
Some YouTube Channels ->
acTVism Munich, AJ+, Back to the Science (Susan Oliver), Bad Faith (Briahna Joy Gray), BadEmpanada, BettBeat Media, CNA Insider, Double Down News, Glenn Diesen, Go Meta with Oli Sharpe, India & Global Left, International Manifesto Group, Leeja Miller (be aware of liberal/Democratic party bias), Neutrality Studies, Peoples Dispatch, PoliticsJOE, Rachel Bevins, Real Progressives, Robert Reich (be aware of liberal/Democratic party bias), Samo Burja, Science is Dope, Second Thought, Skeptic (Michael Shermer - be aware of liberal/capitalism bias), The Burning Archive, The People's Forum NYC, The Swoletariat, The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow, theAnalysis-news, uncivilized... again, too many to list.
I have to throw-in Daniel Davis' 'Deep Dive' on YouTube. Otherwise looks like a good list here. Many I've accessed for many years, some I've come to dismiss over time, others I'll have to check out. Thanks!
Yes, like I mentioned, my list is incomplete - I’d be here all night if I attempted to list EVERY source on EVERY subject/topic that I am interested in (and still not arrive at an exhaustive enough list).
Another person that I highly respect is David Harvey (economics and Marxism) and the husband-and-wife team of economists Prabhat Patnaik and Utsa Patnaik (if you like Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff).
Funny that your #1 resource is Democracy Now. Aaron Mate, who used to work for DN, has wondered out loud "Wha' happened". If you listen selectively to what Amy says, you can gain support for your goals from her reporting. But way too often, there's the "fingernails on the chalkboard" experience that is so dissonant with reality that one can't take her seriously. I confess I don't have an example because I stopped taking Amy seriously about a decade ago so I don't pay attention to her any longer.
I suppose such an experience happens with almost all news sources.
But what am I to do with this list? Put mine next to it and then what?
You don't like Aaron Good because you claim he has "Weak critical thinking".
Jeffrey Sachs likes him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvuOG33zLs&
It has been my experience that the people who criticize Good do so because of his Deep Dive into "The American Exception". They still hang on to this quaint idea that "America is a force for good", no matter how much you might criticize it, there's no recognition that it is rotten to the core.
That's where Norman Finkelstein comes in and explains the "Jewish Supremacists" who have infiltrated the US congress with the lone hero, Thomas Massie, explaining to us AIPAC control of our government, thus we can throw the "tail wags the dog" Israel conspiracy out the window.
It is the Deep State that makes these choices. Brian Berletic uses the "Deep State" products from Oligarchic financed "Think Tanks" to explain the "continuity of agenda" that overrides any elected political formulation of policy.
But this only makes sense because of Good's revelation of the nature of the "Deep State" which he says is a horrible label, but no other fits.
One has to endure Good's 24 hour YouTube series "Empire and the Deep State" to even begin to understand the breadth and depth of the true nature of the American economy and political system.
Lest one come away thinking this is just another "Anti-Semitic" screed, the "Deep State" arrived with the Puritans. The "Jewish Mafia" lead by Meyer Lansky was able to carve out representation in the Deep State and the "Boston Brahmins" are more than willing to let the Jews be the front that they hide behind.
It is quite unfortunate that many (probably most) reading this and coming across "Deep State" will immediately cover their ears and squeeze their eyes shut and scream "conspiracy theory".
What part of ["REMEMBER -> There is NO SUCH THING as 'unbiased news' or 'unbiased humans']" did you NOT understand?
What part of ["I PREFER to think for MYSELF (rather than to believe whatever someone ELSE thinks I should believe). And I don't have any heroes (but I do respect many people for many different reasons)"] did you NOT understand?
Are you suffering from 'reading comprehension' issues?