Alternative Media and the Pursuit of Truth: Part 2
When once-trusted media sources parrot approved narratives while ignoring facts and evidence, those who value truth must look for it in other places. Part 2 of a brief series on alternative sources.
In the first article of this series, I explained why alternative media is essential to finding the truth. Many larger and traditionally trusted media platforms are failing to report all the facts; some are even actively concealing the truth and instead reporting false narratives. Consequently, I wanted to share some of the best alternative media sources I’ve found in order to help others find the truth. I shared one source in Part 1, and three more are listed below (I anticipate 3 more parts following this one with 9 additional sources).
As a reminder, providing the links below is not necessarily an endorsement of everything on these sites; rather, I share these sites because they are willing to report facts and evidence that many other sites will not and because they are willing to follow that evidence wherever it leads. Even if we ultimately come to different conclusions from some of the authors, their willingness to engage with facts and evidence is commendable. Here are 3 more sites:
City Journal
City Journal has provided some of the best commentary on a host of social issues over the past several years, and its writers are some of the most honest, noble, and courageous individuals alive today. I’ve personally appreciated City Journal’s coverage of education, race, and policing. Some of my favorite contributors include Christopher Rufo, John Tierney, and Glenn Loury. From the website:
“City Journal offers a stimulating mix of hard-headed practicality and cutting-edge theory, with articles on everything from school financing, policing strategy, and welfare policy to urban architecture, family policy, and the latest theorizing emanating from the law schools, the charitable foundations, even the schools of public health. Since urban policy encompasses almost all domestic policy questions, as well as the largest issues of our culture and society, the magazine views its canvas as very broad indeed. The magazine holds itself to the highest intellectual, journalistic, and literary standards, aiming to produce absorbing reading for intelligent and discerning readers.”
Below is a link to the homepage and a few of the most impactful articles I’ve read since 2020:
“Keeping Fear Alive: Reluctant to set the public free, policymakers and the public-health bureaucracy set unachievable and unnecessary goals” by John Tierney
“I Must Object: A rebuttal to Brown University’s letter on racism in the United States” by Glenn Loury
“The Bias Narrative v. the Development Narrative” On different views of African-American disadvantage” by Glenn Loury
“The Courage of Our Convictions: How to fight critical race theory” by Christopher Rufo
Swiss Policy Research
One of the most helpful and comprehensive websites I’ve found for covid-related information is Swiss Policy Research. I first learned of this site in early 2020 when I was conducting research for my own lengthy article about covid. From the website:
“Swiss Policy Research (SPR), founded in 2016, is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit research group investigating geopolitical propaganda. SPR is composed of independent academics and receives no external funding other than reader donations. Our analyses have been published by numerous independent media outlets and have been translated into more than two dozen languages.”
About Page (includes a very clear summary of helpful links)
Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence
The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
Like Swiss Policy Research, I first learned of the American Institute for Economic Research in early 2020 when I was searching for the truth about covid and covid policies. This site has fearlessly published articles by renowned scientists and independent thinkers who have bravely stood against the harms of lockdowns, masks, and other interventions and who have based their policy recommendations on the best available evidence. While the name of the Institute may seem to indicate a more narrow focus on economics, the Institute’s focus is quite broad. From the website:
“American Institute for Economic Research educates people on the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government and sound money. AIER’s ongoing scientific research demonstrates the importance of these principles in advancing peace, prosperity and human progress. . . .
AIER envisions a world in which societies are organized according to the principles of pure freedom—in which the role of government is sharply confined to the provision of public goods and individuals can flourish within a truly free market and a free society.
In pursuit of this vision, AIER utilizes careful and comprehensive research to better understand the economic principles that have led to a spectacular increase in prosperity and to effectively transmit that greater understanding to policymakers, educators, and the general public through thoughtfully crafted and widely disseminated publications and targeted, practical and accessible education programs.”
“Who Deserves Your Trust in the COVID Debate?”
“Is the State Your Single Source of Truth?”
“Covid Is Not Categorically Different”