"What is wrong with this," you may be asking yourself. If NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, and CNN are all covering the same story it must be important, right? Important to who? Important to them.

Most of the news covered by these stations, if looked at carefully, can be seen to serve some interest of the corporation which owns the station.

NBC, for example, is owned by General Electric. NBC often covers stories promoting the use of the military. General Electric produces many products for the military and generates huge profits by doing so. The more the Amer

Many new magazines are now available offering readers a look into what might matter to them. Grassroots stories, environmental stories, stories the elite don't want you to hear. These alternative media are covering the stories that don't make corporations the big bucks, but educate the public on what is affecting them. They are in a way, "the voice of the voiceless."

For a subscription to News From Below as well as a preview of their first edition, go to www.newsfrombelow.com.

Kevin Kresse, editor of News From Below, one of these alternative media, believes that "there is an incredible array of important people that have something to say about today," and that these people aren't being heard in our mainstream media. His publication serves to get these voices out there.

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