Independent World Television

Indepedent World Television is an organisation that aims to create independent, investigative, and fair journalism. Rather than being owned by a corporation, it is funded by donations. It has no ads, and is beholden to no larger entity. It aims to create real journalism, that is unafraid to ask the important questions and that will look at the important issues. Actually, there are a lot of videos on the website that explain the need for such an organization. Go check them out.

I, frankly, love this idea. There are no good major news networks. FoxNews spews its fair and balanced conservative bullshit, CNN reports on exactly how many soldiers died in that helicopter crash, and not one of them asks the important questions or reports on any issue for reasons other than sensationalism. Yellow journalism has become the de facto standard, but IWT seems set to change that. The videos they have so far are really interesting, and I eagerly await the launch of their Beta (i.e. online) news channel.

Another thing that IWT aims to do that current news stations do not is provide an international perspective- Indians reporting on Indian news, Columbians explaining what's really going on, maybe even Iraqis given their own voice. To put this in perspective, before I met Isabel I thought kidnappings and violence was common throughout Columbia, which is not the case.

Long live independent everything! Down with the corporation! But really, long live independent journalism.