Guides & Directories | Multiple Viewpoints| Conservative-Right Viewpoints | Left- Progressive Viewpoints | Media Criticism | Intent, Scope, and Disclaimer Guides & Directories to Alternative Viewpoints Directory of Political Debates & Issues (“links to a balanced mix of leading groups on all sides of the hot political issues facing our nation today; from Politics1.com)  NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks Opposing Views (links to sources of views a wide variety of viewpoints; from the Univ. of Washington) Political Advocacy Groups: A Directory of US Lobbyists (links to the sites of US "cause lobbying" groups) Sources of Multiple Viewpoints CQ Researcher (weekly report that explore a single "hot" issue in the news. Reports cover all sides of an issue and include charts, graphs and bibliographies)  MSU ONLY Directory of National News Sources (links to general and special interest sites; from Politics1.com) NewsLink: Political and Opinion Magazines  Opposing Viewpoints (A collection of full text documents, statistics, images and web sites presenting different sides of controversial subjects)  MSU ONLY Public Agenda Online ("educational materials that help explain policy issues to the public in a balanced and easy-to-understand way")   Conservative & Right Websites CNSNews.com: Cybercast News Service ("The Right News. Right Now") CNSNews.com Media Links (links to media "resources for savvy surfers looking for more of the right news, and less of the spin") NewsMax.com (contains, among other things, links to news stories) RealClear Politics (articles that attempt "to counterbalance the common liberal bias of the mainstream press") WorldNetDaily ("a free press for a free people")   Left & Progressive Websites Alternative Viewpoints on the Internet (from the Alternative Press Center) AlterNet.org ("a mix of news, opinion and investigative journalism") Common Dreams News Center ("breaking news and views for the progressive community") Moving Ideas ("leading sources of easily searched and sorted progressive policy information") Holt Labor  Library Internet Links (links to current news sites and online periodicals)   Media Criticism Sites (from all sides of the spectrum) Center for Media and Public Affairs ("a nonpartisan research and educational organization which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media") Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (an "anti-censorship" and "progressive" group) Institute for Public Accuracy ("a nationwide consortium of policy researchers [that] seeks seeks to [give] media access [to] those whose perspectives are commonly drowned out by corporate-backed think tanks and other influential institutions")  Media Research Center ("bringing political balance and responsibility to the media" from a conservative perspective) STATS: Statistical Assessment Service ("a resource for journalists [that provides] analysis of current statistical and scientific disputes") TomPaine.com (left-oriented " ideas, opinions, and analyses... often overlooked by the mainstream media")   Intent, Scope, and Disclaimer Intent: This guide is designed to facilitate access to material from a variety of political viewpoints in order to promote critical thinking and informed debate. Scope: This guide points to resources on the Internet that provide alternative viewpoints from the left and right side of the political spectrum [we acknowledge that these labels are not always accurate].  The guide does not link to individual publications, but rather to sites that link to a variety of resources.  There is also a section of links to sites that provide critical commentary on the media. Disclaimer: Sprague Library does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information on any of these sites, and is not liable for any inaccuracy, error, or omission, regardless of cause.  A link to a site or material on a site does not mean that we support the views expressed there.  Send comments and suggestions about this site (but, please, not about the views expressed on the sites pointed to) to: Steven Shapiro Last Updated: Sept. 2005