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Launched. November 1987; 36 years ago. ( 1987-11) [ 1] Current status. Active. AlterNet is a left-leaning news website based in the United States. [ 2][ 3] It was launched by the Independent Media Institute. [ 4] In 2018, the website was acquired by owners of Raw Story .
Media Bias/Fact Check ( MBFC) is an American website founded in 2015 by Dave M. Van Zandt. [ 1] It considers four main categories and multiple subcategories in assessing the "political bias" and "factual reporting" of media outlets, [ 2][ 3] relying on a self-described "combination of objective measures and subjective analysis". [ 4][ 5]
In 2017, Raw Story was accepted as a member of the Association of Alternative News Media. [5] In April 2018, Raw Story partners John K. Byrne and Michael Rogers announced that they had acquired AlterNet via a newly created company, AlterNet Media, [3] as well as the New Civil Rights Movement. [6] [4] [7]
Oberlin College (2003) John K. Byrne (born March 24, 1981) is an American publisher and writer. He is co-owner of Raw Story Media and AlterNet Media, which publish the online progressive political news sites RawStory.com and AlterNet.org respectively. [ 1] Prior to Raw Story, he wrote briefly for The Boston Globe and McClatchy Newspapers and ...
Alternative media are media sources that differ from established or dominant types of media (such as mainstream media or mass media) in terms of their content, production, or distribution. [ 1] Sometimes the term independent media is used as a synonym, indicating independence from large media corporations, but generally independent media is ...
Progressive media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) has argued that accusations of liberal media bias are part of a conservative strategy, noting an article in the August 20, 1992 Washington Post, in which Republican party chair Rich Bond compared journalists to referees in a sporting match. "If you watch any great coach ...
Media bias occurs when journalists and news producers show bias in how they report and cover news. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening of the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. [1] The direction and degree of media bias in various countries is widely ...
Alternative news agency. An alternative news agency (or alternative news service) operates similarly to a commercial news agency, but defines itself as an alternative to commercial or "mainstream" operations. They span the political spectrum, but most frequently are progressive or radical left. Sometimes they combine the services of a news ...