Reference Librarian
Newspapers
- New York Times Online
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- CNN
CNN delivers breaking US and world news, weather, entertainment, politics and health in both video and article format. - New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. - NPR
The National Public Radio delivers breaking national and world news. - TIME Magazine
TIME is a weekly news magazine covering politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science and entertainment news. - The Economist
The Economist focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, and technology
Video Databases
- Media Education Foundation Digital Collection
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These films encourage critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media with a special focus on representations of gender and race, and the effect these representations have on identity and culture.
Political Stances of Major News Sources
- Should You Trust Media Bias Charts?Media bias charts, such as the one pictured below, can be a good starting point for understanding potential biases in specific news sources and publications. These charts will help you quickly determine if a source has a clear political bias or reputation for being unreliable. However, it's important to use your own critical thinking skills when reading news sources! You can consult a media bias chart to learn some context about an unfamiliar publication or website, but don't rely on a chart to evaluate your sources for you.
Chart rating the partisanship of news publications rated on two axes. Left-to-right rates sources on their Liberal to Conservative partisan bias. From Bottom to Top, the segments are: Contains Inaccurate/Fabricated Information; Propaganda/Contains Misleading Information; Selective or Incomplete Story/Unfair Persuasion; Opinion/Fair Persuasion; Analysis; Complex Analysis; Fact Reporting; Original Fact Reporting.