How to find alternative press sites

alternative= "puporting to represent a preferable or equally acceptable alternative to that in general use or sanctioned by the establishmen,t"* as in alternative press. Or in my own words, media that has a different point of view than the mainstream media.

* definition from: Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1989.

From the Valle Verde Library Page, click "Open Web."
Select the "News" link.
From the VV Library homepage, check out these links to alternative press sites: AlterNet, Center for American Progress, Free Press, Media Matters.
Use the Web browser to go to Google
Click on "more."
Scroll down to the Google Directory.
Click on "Directory."
The Google Directory opens.
Type "alternative press" (in quotation marks) on the search box.
Click the "search" button.
The Alternative Press Center Page opens.

Quiz

True or False: The Valle Verde Library Homepage has links to altenative press sites

True
False
Answer: True

Multiple Choice (Choose all that apply): You can find links to alternative press sites on:

a) on the V.V page link "Directories and Search Engines."
b) on Googles' Directory.
c) doing a search in Yahoo.
d) on the V.V. page link "News."
Answers: a,b, c, d

Multiple choice: What is alternative press?

a) a newspaper make of altenative ink and font.

b) press that represents a different point of view than that of the establishment.

c) press that alternate the points of view, from the left to the right.

Answer: b

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