# 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) | X: none found
- [c-span.org](https://www.c-span.org/) - C-SPAN (unfiltered government and public affairs video) | [X: @cspan](https://x.com/cspan)
- [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/) - NPR | X: none found
- [pbs.org/newshour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/) - PBS News Hour | X: none found
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/) - Reuters | [X: @Reuters](https://x.com/Reuters)
- [theconversation.com](https://theconversation.com/us) - The Conversation (news written by researchers) | X: none found
- **Independent and nonprofit newsrooms**
- [calmatters.org](https://calmatters.org/) - CalMatters (California nonprofit news) | [X: @CalMatters](https://x.com/CalMatters)
- [consumerreports.org](https://www.consumerreports.org/) - Consumer Reports (Consumerist now goes here) | [X: @ConsumerReports](https://x.com/ConsumerReports)
- [democracynow.org](https://www.democracynow.org/) - Democracy Now! (independent daily news hour) | [X: @democracynow](https://x.com/democracynow)
- [littlesis.org](https://littlesis.org/) - LittleSis (who-knows-who database of the powerful) | X: none found
- [propublica.org](https://www.propublica.org/) - ProPublica (nonprofit investigative journalism) | [X: @propublica](https://x.com/propublica)
- [texastribune.org](https://www.texastribune.org/) - The Texas Tribune (Texas nonprofit news) | [X: @TexasTribune](https://x.com/TexasTribune)
- [themarshallproject.org](https://www.themarshallproject.org/) - The Marshall Project (criminal justice news) | X: none found
- **International news**
- [bbc.com/news](https://www.bbc.com/news) - BBC News | [X: @BBC](https://x.com/BBC)
- [independent.co.uk](https://www.independent.co.uk/) - The Independent (UK) | [X: @Independent](https://x.com/Independent)
- [ipsnews.net](https://www.ipsnews.net/) - Inter Press Service (news from the Global South) | [X: @ipsnews](https://x.com/ipsnews)
- [thelocal.se](https://www.thelocal.se/) - The Local Sweden (Swedish news in English) | X: none found
- **Opinion, policy and commentary**
- [antiwar.com](https://www.antiwar.com/) - Antiwar.com (non-interventionist news and opinion) | X: none found
- [buzzmachine.com](https://buzzmachine.com/) - BuzzMachine (Jeff Jarvis on media and journalism) | [X: @jeffjarvis](https://x.com/jeffjarvis)
- [cato.org](https://www.cato.org/) - Cato Institute (libertarian think tank) | X: none found
- [city-journal.org](https://www.city-journal.org/) - City Journal (Manhattan Institute; conservative urban affairs) | [X: @CityJournal](https://x.com/CityJournal)
- [craigmurray.org.uk](https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/) - Craig Murray (former UK ambassador; blog) | X: none found
- [hotair.com](https://hotair.com/) - Hot Air (conservative news and commentary) | [X: @hotairblog](https://x.com/hotairblog)
- [ips-dc.org](https://ips-dc.org/) - Institute for Policy Studies (progressive think tank) | X: none found
- [longwarjournal.org](https://www.longwarjournal.org/) - FDD's Long War Journal (military and security news) | [X: @LongWarJournal](https://x.com/LongWarJournal)
- [mises.org](https://mises.org/) - Mises Institute (Austrian economics) | [X: @mises](https://x.com/mises)
- [motherjones.com](https://www.motherjones.com/) - Mother Jones (progressive investigative magazine) | [X: @MotherJones](https://x.com/MotherJones)
- [reason.com](https://reason.com/) - Reason (libertarian magazine) | [X: @reason](https://x.com/reason)
- **Fact-checking and media bias**
- [allsides.com](https://www.allsides.com/) - AllSides (headlines from left, center and right) | X: none found
- [factcheck.org](https://www.factcheck.org/) - FactCheck.org (Annenberg Public Policy Center) | [X: @factcheckdotorg](https://x.com/factcheckdotorg)
- [ground.news](https://ground.news/) - Ground News (compare coverage and source bias) | X: none found
- [politifact.com](https://politifact.com/) - PolitiFact (Poynter Institute) | [X: @PolitiFact](https://x.com/PolitiFact)
- [snopes.com](https://www.snopes.com/) - Snopes (rumors and urban legends) | [X: @snopes](https://x.com/snopes)
- **Press freedom**
- [cpj.org](https://cpj.org/) - Committee to Protect Journalists | [X: @pressfreedom](https://x.com/pressfreedom)
- [freedom.press](https://freedom.press/) - Freedom of the Press Foundation | [X: @FreedomofPress](https://x.com/FreedomofPress)
- [rcfp.org](https://www.rcfp.org/) - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (free legal help for journalists) | [X: @rcfp](https://x.com/rcfp)
- [rsf.org](https://rsf.org/en) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) | X: none found
- **Free movies and TV (legal)**
- [hoopladigital.com](https://www.hoopladigital.com/) - Hoopla (free movies, music and ebooks with a library card) | [X: @hooplaDigital](https://x.com/hooplaDigital)
- [kanopy.com](https://www.kanopy.com/) - Kanopy (free films with a library or university card) | X: none found
- [pbs.org](https://www.pbs.org/) - PBS (free shows and documentaries online) | X: none found
- [plex.tv/watch-free](https://www.plex.tv/watch-free/) - Plex (free ad-supported movies and live TV) | [X: @plex](https://x.com/plex)
- [pluto.tv](https://pluto.tv/) - Pluto TV (free live TV channels and movies) | [X: @PlutoTV](https://x.com/PlutoTV)
- [therokuchannel.roku.com](https://therokuchannel.roku.com/) - The Roku Channel (free movies and TV) | [X: @TheRokuChannel](https://x.com/TheRokuChannel)
- [tubitv.com](https://tubitv.com/) - Tubi (free ad-supported movies and TV) | X: none found
- **Free ebooks, audiobooks and library apps**
- [gutenberg.org](https://www.gutenberg.org/) - Project Gutenberg (free public-domain ebooks) | X: none found
- [librivox.org](https://librivox.org/) - LibriVox (free public-domain audiobooks) | [X: @librivox](https://x.com/librivox)
- [openlibrary.org](https://openlibrary.org/) - Open Library (borrow ebooks free) | [X: @openlibrary](https://x.com/openlibrary)
- [overdrive.com/apps/libby](https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby) - Libby (free ebooks and audiobooks from your library) | X: none found
- **Free music, images, video and archives**
- [archive.org](https://archive.org/) - Internet Archive (free books, movies, music and the Wayback Machine) | X: none found
- [commons.wikimedia.org](https://commons.wikimedia.org/) - Wikimedia Commons (free-to-use images and media) | X: none found
- [freemusicarchive.org](https://freemusicarchive.org/) - Free Music Archive (free, legal music downloads) | X: none found
- [images.nasa.gov](https://images.nasa.gov/) - NASA Image and Video Library | X: none found
- [khanacademy.org](https://www.khanacademy.org/) - Khan Academy (free lessons and videos) | [X: @khanacademy](https://x.com/khanacademy)
- [loc.gov/free-to-use](https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/) - Library of Congress: Free to Use and Reuse | [X: @librarycongress](https://x.com/librarycongress)
- [musopen.org](https://musopen.org/) - Musopen (free classical recordings and sheet music) | X: none found
- [ted.com](https://www.ted.com/) - TED Talks | [X: @TEDTalks](https://x.com/TEDTalks)

Number of links: 56  
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