is alternet an acceptable site for info

[madokie]

[City Lights]

1. Absolutely!

:hi:

[madokie]

3. I was hoping it was, thanks

lots of info there

[asthmaticeog]

2. It's a clearinghouse for articles.

Mostly it's altweeklies who post articles to that site in hopes that other pubs will license reprint rights. The reliability of anything you find there depends on how good the editor, reporter and factchecker at the originating publication are. It's not a news source in its own right.

[madokie]

4. okie dokie, thanks

I un'nerstand

[illinoisprogressive]

5. love alternet

[Up2Late]

6. I get it on my Palm 72 (also known as a Palm Pilot or PDA)

A lot of the time they re-publish stories from other news sources, Good sources, but it's not always original content, just a heads up.

[madokie]

7. thats cool

[nealmhughes]

8. As others have noted, it is a compendium of others' work, so to be "accurate" you need to cite

the original source, author, and publisher.

Make up your own mind about each as you contemplate them.