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Ask HN: Other Stratfor-like news organizations?

1 points by szany 15y ago

I hadn't heard of Stratfor before the database incident. Some HN comments have indicated that it's a much better news source than mainstream media. What others do you know of that you can recommend?

Tangaroa 15y ago
Long War Journal http://www.longwarjournal.org/ http://www.longwarjournal.org/ Small Wars Journal http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/recent http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/recent World Socialist Web Site http://www.wsws.org/ http://www.wsws.org/ Inter-Press Service http://ipsnews.net/ http://ipsnews.net/ Think tanks: The Hudson Institute leans to the right. http://www.hudson.org/ http://www.hudson.org/ The Washington Institute centers on Middle East affairs. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateI01.php http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateI01.php The US Army has its own think tank. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/ http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/ The Knight Center concentrates on Western Hemisphere affairs and threats to journalistic freedom. http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/en/blog http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/en/blog Blogs: Fausta is a capitalist perspective on Latin American affairs, mostly a link aggregator. http://faustasblog.com/ http://faustasblog.com/ Jihad Watch mixes world war news with anti-Muslim agitation, but it's one of the only sources for finding detailed news reports on these events. I will recommend reading it, but I do not recommend believing it. http://www.jihadwatch.org/ http://www.jihadwatch.org/ There are a large number of blogs dedicated to correcting the mainstream media's factual errors in reporting the Arab-Israeli conflict. http://r-mew.blogspot.com/ http://r-mew.blogspot.com/ http://blog.camera.org/ http://blog.camera.org/ http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ http://honestreporting.com/backspin-blog/ http://honestreporting.com/backspin-blog/ If you have an interest in Israel, the Elder of Ziyon is one of the better bloggers on that subject, with a pro-Israel bias. http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/ http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/

1 points by szany 15y ago

I hadn't heard of Stratfor before the database incident. Some HN comments have indicated that it's a much better news source than mainstream media. What others do you know of that you can recommend?

Tangaroa 15y ago

Long War Journal http://www.longwarjournal.org/ http://www.longwarjournal.org/ Small Wars Journal http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/recent http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/recent World Socialist Web Site http://www.wsws.org/ http://www.wsws.org/ Inter-Press Service http://ipsnews.net/ http://ipsnews.net/ Think tanks: The Hudson Institute leans to the right. http://www.hudson.org/ http://www.hudson.org/ The Washington Institute centers on Middle East affairs. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateI01.php http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateI01.php The US Army has its own think tank. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/ http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/ The Knight Center concentrates on Western Hemisphere affairs and threats to journalistic freedom. http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/en/blog http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/en/blog Blogs: Fausta is a capitalist perspective on Latin American affairs, mostly a link aggregator. http://faustasblog.com/ http://faustasblog.com/ Jihad Watch mixes world war news with anti-Muslim agitation, but it's one of the only sources for finding detailed news reports on these events. I will recommend reading it, but I do not recommend believing it. http://www.jihadwatch.org/ http://www.jihadwatch.org/ There are a large number of blogs dedicated to correcting the mainstream media's factual errors in reporting the Arab-Israeli conflict. http://r-mew.blogspot.com/ http://r-mew.blogspot.com/ http://blog.camera.org/ http://blog.camera.org/ http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ http://www.ngo-monitor.org/ http://honestreporting.com/backspin-blog/ http://honestreporting.com/backspin-blog/ If you have an interest in Israel, the Elder of Ziyon is one of the better bloggers on that subject, with a pro-Israel bias. http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/ http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/