These are some of my favorite NEWS sources. 

 ...One can only suck up 'so much',... "our democracy is supreme" bullshit.  ... here are a few alternatives.

 http://english.aljazeera.net/  (everybody's favorite!)

http://www.almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/News.aspx?language=en  (lebanon)

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/

http://english.cri.cn/      (China)

http://www.dw-world.de/   (Berlin)

http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/   (Cuba)

http://www.mg.co.za/  (South Africa)

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/indexes/01.html