There are an infinite number of good places for informed or alternative viewpoints out there.  That's not the issue.  The issue is those big-name, all-pervasive sources from which most people in the English speaking world get their news were neither informed or providing alternative viewpoints on this situation.  I mean, I can hang out at Russian Live Journal blogs all day, listen to Pacifica and Worldview, but that doesn't excuse the fact that scored of well-paid influential journalists were not doing their jobs.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.