In a dictatorship, the state controls the media; and in a democracy, the corporate lobby… Giant media corporations have today become mouthpieces for governments and for vested interests. Journalists have become stenographers who obediently take notes from the Pentagon or the State Department and pass it on for mass consumption... In such times, it is imperative for us to access different sources of information for a better understanding of events. This blog is a small contribution in that step.