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Media Bias Fact Check site (click arrow at left to open description)
A useful (though not infallible) tool for checking both a media source’s factual reporting and bias is mediabiasfactcheck.org. At the very top center of the page is a search box where you can enter media outlets. Most important is the level of factual reporting. If an outlet chooses not to report certain stories because the story doesn’t line up with their bias, it’s not such a big deal because you can use multiple news outlets to get coverage of everything that’s going on. However, if their factual reporting level is low, forget it. You just won’t find useful information there. For example, The Guardian is rated with Left-center bias, and High factual reporting. Worth visiting. On the other hand, Fox News is rated as a Questionable Source, with Extreme right bias and Low factual reporting. Stay away. Note that in the Media Bias Fact Check filtered search menu, you can find outlets based on credibility and bias, for example, list all High credibility sources. Note that if the name you’re looking for isn’t in their records, a similar name may come up, with scores that might be completely different from the media outlet you were actually looking for. Check that the info matches the name you were seeking.
Section 1: Alternatives to western capitalism; analysis; reports and statistics
Section 2: Pushing back
Section 3: Who are the people and corporations pillaging our planet and exploiting its population?
Section 1: Economic and sociopolitical analysis, reports and statistics, alternatives to predatory capitalism
Alex Krainer’s Substack. Alex Krainer clarifies the activities of the cabal behind western governments.
Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy in The Conversation. Feb. 7, 2020. How socialism became un‑American through the Ad Council’s propaganda campaigns.
Simon Pearson at Anti-Capitalist Resistance . January 19, 2024. Reclaiming the Language of Class.
Jeffrey Stamberger. Unpacking the Fear: Why is Socialism So Scary for So Many?
Vitalek Buterin. December 30, 2025. Balance of Power. Big government, big business, big-mob mentality. Aspiring to a pluralistic morality and decentralized business models for a better world.
Yanis Varoufakis explains Palantir’s ‘Technological Republic’ in real terms. April 21, 2026.
Tom Hall at LA Progressive. Jan. 6, 2026. From Vietnam to Venezuela: How Corporate War Profiteering Guarantees U.S. Defeat. “The U.S. pays war profiteers vast amounts . . . sends thousands of U.S. young people to die while killing millions of resisting indigenous people.”
Kary Love at LAProgressive. Jul 20, 2026. James Baldwin and the Lies That Protect the Powerful. In Nothing Personal, Baldwin exposes how white supremacy, class hierarchy, consumerism, and manufactured division keep ordinary people from recognizing their common enemy.
Emily Standley Allard at MSN. What is socialism, really? Why so many people misunderstand it.
Chris Hedges’ Substack. America’s Suicide Pact. America’s suicidal march began long before Donald Trump. Trump and the buffoons around him are the inevitable final chapter of the decaying empire.
China’s white paper: China’s Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era
Jared Yates Saxton. Jan. 1, 2026. Living in the Storm: Preparing for 2026 and the Battles to Come.
Richard Wolff. October 31, 2023. Why Capitalism Cannot Finally Repress Socialism
Internationalist Communist Tendency, at leftist.com. A review article summarizing Richard Wolff’s books, Understanding Capitalism, Understanding Marxism, and Understanding Socialism.
RJ Eskow in Current Affairs. Jul 12, 2024. The only ethical model for AI is socialism.
RJ Eskow in Salon. Jul 8, 2014. Let’s nationalize Amazon and Google: Publicly funded technology built Big Tech.
Word Inequality Database. Read the latest World Inequality Report and find graphs and tables.
Journal of International Solidarity. Articles and podcasts about supporting others around the world.
Leverett, F. and Leverett, H.M. Going to Tehran. Find at your favorite book store.
Alistaire Crooke. Resistance: The essence of the Islamist revolution. Find at your favorite book store.
Porter, Gareth. Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Find at your favorite book store.
Section 2: Pushing back
People Power United on Substack
Hannah Harris Green in The Guardian. Nov 15, 2025. Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say. Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher prices
Jesse Roth, in Truthout. Aug 7, 2025. Organizers Are Demanding Palantir Drop Contracts With ICE and Israeli Military
Gabriel DeLuca Vinocur, at Econofact. Dec 20, 2024. Fact Check: Has the Pentagon failed its 7th audit in a row? Yes. (So where’s the money going?) The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 requires the Department of Defense to fully pass its audit by 2028.
Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. June 2024. A Way Out for IMF Reform. Western powers resist reforming the International Monetary Fund in a futile attempt to preserve their waning power. But there is a way forward. See also his interview on the IMF and the BRICs Development Bank with Glenn Diesen.
Section 3: Who are the people and corporations pillaging our planet and exploiting its population? A starter list. Corrupt politicians are a mask, discussed and written about as if they are the only ones responsible for destroying lives and using national wealth for murderous or exploitive purposes. Their controllers should be discussed and written about even more, and the products of their companies shunned.
Miriam Adelson, Israeli American, $500M donor to Republican party, donor to pro-Israel causes
Barclays leadership as of April 2026
Palantir board of directors. See also: Yanis Varoufakis explains Palantir’s ‘Technological Republic’ in real terms. Palantir was founded by Peter Thiel. Current CEO is Alex Karp.
Blackrock leadership as of April 2026
Northrop Grumman leadership as of April 2026
Raytheon leadership as of April 2026
BAE Systems leadership as of April 2026
Oracle leadership as of April 2026
Summary of US media consolidation, the conglomerates driving mainstream narratives: https://www.freepress.net/who-owns-media
War on Want. June 28, 2024. Barclays: Bankrolling genocide and apartheid.
Nickie Louise, at TechStartups. Sep 18, 2020. These 6 corporations control 90% of the media outlets in America. The illusion of choice and objectivity.
Daniel Levi, at TechStartups. Jul 12, 2024. These 3 companies control 88% of the largest corporations in America.
Manuel G. Pascual, at El Pais. July 21, 2025. Big Tech enters the war business: How Silicon Valley is becoming militarized.
Benj Edwards, at Ars technica. Sept 16, 2024. Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison. See also (video) Oracle, the company that knows everything you do, at More Perfect Union.
William Hartung. May 11, 2018. BlackRock: Funding War, Preaching Social Responsibility.
Nero, at World Insight Info, Oct 14, 2024. BlackRock’s Trillion-Dollar Empire: The Profits and Controversies Behind the World’s Largest Asset Manager.
William Hartung, at Forbes. Aug 7, 2025. Palantir: As Revenues Rise, Controversy Grows
Shivansh Tiwary and Mike Stone, at Reuters. Updated Sept 3, 2025. Lockheed Martin wins $9.8 billion Patriot missile contract.
Parmy Olson, at CNA. Updated Nov 7, 2025. Commentary: Google has made a dangerous U-turn on military AI.
Jodesz Gavilan. Nov 14, 2025. BAE Systems Wins $35B in Contracts So Far in 2025.
Eastern District of New York, US Attorney’s Office Press Release. Oct 16, 2024. Raytheon Company to Pay Over $950 Million in Connection With Foreign Bribery, Export Control and Defective Pricing Schemes.
Wikipedia isn’t always reliable, but here’s an interesting list, as of November 2025: List of companies involved in the Gaza war