Dear Newspapers

Here is my open letter to the mainstream media publications - the so-called (or once proclaimed) "News" bearers of our country.

Dear <Daily Tele / The Australian / SMH / etc, etc>

I'm just wondering why we constantly have to be subjected to slanted, cherry-picked 'opinion pieces' by your journos under your masthead?

I want facts. News. If your journos want their opinions out there instead of gathering facts for their next story, send them to Wordpress or Blogspot, just like this. Here. Like I, an ordinary citizen, have done.

Why? Your publication is a NEWSpaper. News. N. E. W. S. News. Remember News?

Opinion pieces have overtaken your publication's ability to provide quality coverage of anything, most of all politics. And you don't even give your readers the right to respond to your numerous opinions! You just put your slanted views out there for the world to see as if its fact - cos it's under a News masthead.

One more thing... about your colleagues on TV (which is often you, as well). Stop interviewing each other to spout more of your opinions. You are not the News! (I'm especially talking to you Sky News Australia) Reminder - You are meant to report the News, not BE the News.

I can't take you seriously anymore. I'm going to have to break up with you.

Don't contact me anymore. No more emails, don't tweet me, and please stay away from my Google and Safari. You are ineffective in providing the service you promised me. It's over.


Goodbye

Kind Regards,
Rachel
QLD

Independent Online Media

Don't think the recent change of Victorian Premier was a 'smooth transition'? Want to know the truth about the NBN? Think the media is beating up leadership speculation to the detriment of real news? Wonder what ever happened to the Peter Slipper case or the whispers the 'Costello Audit' in Queensland was under the scrutiny of the CMC, but never heard of it again?

Following on from a couple of recent posts ranting about the bias of much of today's main stream media, I thought I would compile a list of Independent Online Media that readers of especially politial journalism can turn to to get either another perspective from that of MSM at worst, or at best totally unbiased fact reporting, as pure journalism was meant to be.

This is by no means a comprehensive list, and I will add to this as I come across more.

Please feel free to suggest your own in the comments at the bottom.

BTW - I'm still moving to Mars...


Independent News Sites; 
Crikey;
New Matilda; 
Independent Australia; 


Independent News Blogs;
The Hoopla; 
Online Opinion;  


Political News Blogs;
Politically homeless;
Australian Independent Media Network




WARNING; These sites will not appeal to listeners of Alan Jones', nor readers of Andrew Bolt, or others who only partake in partisan, biased and outright blatant nonfactual rantings of those in the extreme right la-la land, who prefer spin, prejudice and discrimination. Jes' saying...