ABYZ News Links
An amazing collection of news organization web sites. Look at news from all around the world or local to yourself, whether you live in North America, Europe, Asia
, or Africa. And all points in between. A huge collection of news sources online.
Ananova
Have you seen Ananova? This is the cyber-news anchor (no joke!) ... the perfect, futuristic news woman (with green hair) who may replace Dan Rather and Peter Jennings any day now! Is this the future of the nightly news? Now offering daily e-mail dispatches, and Quirky stories of the day.
BBC Online
From the UK's pre-eminent news broadcasting monolith, here's their online directory of how to best access breaking news and features on any of the BBC radio and television channels. [ News | World Service | Education ]
BBC World News America
This is a companion site, with video clips and special features, which reflects the broadcast edition oriented towards the American
Public. It covers the world, like the UK original BeeB (the link above) but spends additional time with the terrific correspondents assigned to cover US political events and national news of import to Americans in particular. Check out both versions and you'll have an excellent feel for the European perspective on World Events as well as an objective (sometimes amused) look at American daily life and news. [2008]
The Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago is one of America's great cities, and they have a great newspaper, with this great site.
CNN Interactive On-Line News and Features from Cable News Network
DailyNewspaper.co.uk
Here is a site said to be the U.K.'s "Number One Newspaper Portal". The page offers news headlines, a search engine, and links to several well-known newspapers, ranging from the Telegraph and Star, to the Irish Times, and the Times of London.
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.com does for political spin & hype what Urban Legends does for separating out rumor and myth from the statements of fact presented in mass email mailings. For those who suspect that
politicians and pundits may be somewhat loose with The Truth at times, here's an independent source of fact-checking the content
of speeches and commentary and illuminating what is real from what is propaganda, misinformation, distortion, or wishful thinking.
France24
France24 offers in-depth coverage of breaking stories around the world, and like BBC and other European news organizations provides
stories not necessarily covered as widely in the US media. A useful site, and companion to their television broadcast.
McLaughlin Report Issue #1, bashing the panel members and politicos. For those who think the mainstream press "too liberal", here's a 90-proof "conservative" spin on the news.
MSNBC News, Politics, Sports, Entertainment, & Special Anniversary Features
New York One - NY1 OnLine Version of New York City's Cable Television News Channel
PBS News Hour
American Public Television's award-winning journalism, from McNeil-Lehrer and a roster of savvy intelligent discussions with the
news-makers and analysts of our day.
PBS On-Line Program Notes, Democracy Project, Nova, Much More...
Roll Call Online
Policy Briefings, Politics, and Commentary. "Plug into Congress" with the online edition of Roll Call.
Salon Magazine
Investigative e-zine which itself made news and affected the course of events by revealing that some Congressmen casting stones at our President are
not without sin themselves. Featuring A Look at Ken Starr's Background, highlighting his strong vested interests in Impeachment.
Tampa Tribune
Tampa Bay On-line, with interactive features and AP updates.
Washington Post
Top-notch news coverage combined with easy-to-use and graphically nice web page.
World Focus (PBS)
While I was sad when this displaced BBC on my local PBS station, it has earned my admiration and respect. [2009] Truly an intelligent and humane global perspective. Their web site features some of their daily TV broadcast stories (the top stories of our lives, in the Americas, India/Pakistan, Iraq/Iran, Africa, Asia and everywhere, drawing on
distinguished local journalists and real people. Intelligent and timely blog discussions accompany the stories, too.
The Year 2000 Problem
From McNeil-Lehrer, and PBS Online, this is a great resource for information on the Y2k "millennium bug" and its
anticipated impact on our economy and daily lives. Includes a Y2K Primer and a link to the Senate Y2K Report (3-2-99).
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