# Free Media - webcentive

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Sources of independent news, from wire services and nonprofit newsrooms to opinion and policy sites across the spectrum, plus fact-checkers, press freedom groups, and legal free movies, TV, ebooks, music and archives.  

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Links last checked Oct 11, 2026.  

- **Wire services and public media**
- [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/) - AP News (Associated Press)
- [c-span.org](https://www.c-span.org/) - C-SPAN (unfiltered government and public affairs video)
- [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/) - NPR
- [pbs.org/newshour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/) - PBS News Hour
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/) - Reuters
- [theconversation.com](https://theconversation.com/us) - The Conversation (news written by researchers)
- **Independent and nonprofit newsrooms**
- [calmatters.org](https://calmatters.org/) - CalMatters (California nonprofit news)
- [consumerreports.org](https://www.consumerreports.org/) - Consumer Reports (Consumerist now goes here)
- [democracynow.org](https://www.democracynow.org/) - Democracy Now! (independent daily news hour)
- [littlesis.org](https://littlesis.org/) - LittleSis (who-knows-who database of the powerful)
- [propublica.org](https://www.propublica.org/) - ProPublica (nonprofit investigative journalism)
- [texastribune.org](https://www.texastribune.org/) - The Texas Tribune (Texas nonprofit news)
- [themarshallproject.org](https://www.themarshallproject.org/) - The Marshall Project (criminal justice news)
- **International news**
- [bbc.com/news](https://www.bbc.com/news) - BBC News
- [independent.co.uk](https://www.independent.co.uk/) - The Independent (UK)
- [ipsnews.net](https://www.ipsnews.net/) - Inter Press Service (news from the Global South)
- [thelocal.se](https://www.thelocal.se/) - The Local Sweden (Swedish news in English)
- **Opinion, policy and commentary**
- [antiwar.com](https://www.antiwar.com/) - Antiwar.com (non-interventionist news and opinion)
- [buzzmachine.com](https://buzzmachine.com/) - BuzzMachine (Jeff Jarvis on media and journalism)
- [cato.org](https://www.cato.org/) - Cato Institute (libertarian think tank)
- [city-journal.org](https://www.city-journal.org/) - City Journal (Manhattan Institute; conservative urban affairs)
- [craigmurray.org.uk](https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/) - Craig Murray (former UK ambassador; blog)
- [hotair.com](https://hotair.com/) - Hot Air (conservative news and commentary)
- [ips-dc.org](https://ips-dc.org/) - Institute for Policy Studies (progressive think tank)
- [longwarjournal.org](https://www.longwarjournal.org/) - FDD's Long War Journal (military and security news)
- [mises.org](https://mises.org/) - Mises Institute (Austrian economics)
- [motherjones.com](https://www.motherjones.com/) - Mother Jones (progressive investigative magazine)
- [reason.com](https://reason.com/) - Reason (libertarian magazine)
- **Fact-checking and media bias**
- [allsides.com](https://www.allsides.com/) - AllSides (headlines from left, center and right)
- [factcheck.org](https://www.factcheck.org/) - FactCheck.org (Annenberg Public Policy Center)
- [ground.news](https://ground.news/) - Ground News (compare coverage and source bias)
- [politifact.com](https://politifact.com/) - PolitiFact (Poynter Institute)
- [snopes.com](https://www.snopes.com/) - Snopes (rumors and urban legends)
- **Press freedom**
- [cpj.org](https://cpj.org/) - Committee to Protect Journalists
- [freedom.press](https://freedom.press/) - Freedom of the Press Foundation
- [rcfp.org](https://www.rcfp.org/) - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (free legal help for journalists)
- [rsf.org](https://rsf.org/en) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- **Free movies and TV (legal)**
- [hoopladigital.com](https://www.hoopladigital.com/) - Hoopla (free movies, music and ebooks with a library card)
- [kanopy.com](https://www.kanopy.com/) - Kanopy (free films with a library or university card)
- [pbs.org](https://www.pbs.org/) - PBS (free shows and documentaries online)
- [plex.tv/watch-free](https://www.plex.tv/watch-free/) - Plex (free ad-supported movies and live TV)
- [pluto.tv](https://pluto.tv/) - Pluto TV (free live TV channels and movies)
- [therokuchannel.roku.com](https://therokuchannel.roku.com/) - The Roku Channel (free movies and TV)
- [tubitv.com](https://tubitv.com/) - Tubi (free ad-supported movies and TV)
- **Free ebooks, audiobooks and library apps**
- [gutenberg.org](https://www.gutenberg.org/) - Project Gutenberg (free public-domain ebooks)
- [librivox.org](https://librivox.org/) - LibriVox (free public-domain audiobooks)
- [openlibrary.org](https://openlibrary.org/) - Open Library (borrow ebooks free)
- [overdrive.com/apps/libby](https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby) - Libby (free ebooks and audiobooks from your library)
- **Free music, images, video and archives**
- [archive.org](https://archive.org/) - Internet Archive (free books, movies, music and the Wayback Machine)
- [commons.wikimedia.org](https://commons.wikimedia.org/) - Wikimedia Commons (free-to-use images and media)
- [freemusicarchive.org](https://freemusicarchive.org/) - Free Music Archive (free, legal music downloads)
- [images.nasa.gov](https://images.nasa.gov/) - NASA Image and Video Library
- [khanacademy.org](https://www.khanacademy.org/) - Khan Academy (free lessons and videos)
- [loc.gov/free-to-use](https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/) - Library of Congress: Free to Use and Reuse
- [musopen.org](https://musopen.org/) - Musopen (free classical recordings and sheet music)
- [ted.com](https://www.ted.com/) - TED Talks

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