The NewStandard is an excellent independent daily news site. For those of us with hope for a world with better media organizations, this is one of the sites to root for. They strive to be what we wish every other news site would be.

Right now they're having a fund drive. I hope that MyDD can help spread this message. Check out the site and click here to make a donation. Noam Chomsky will triple whatever donation you make.

About the NewStandard (from their FAQ):

The NewStandard is a unique independent hard news website. Dedicated to current events reporting and investigative journalism, The NewStandard provides up-to-date news from a journalistic perspective that emphasizes public interest.

The NewStandard is a reader-funded publication -- that is what makes it truly independent. Because it receives no funding from government, corporate or foundation sources, The NewStandard remains free from outside pressures and accountable to its readership.

NewStandard editors engage in thorough fact checking of all articles published on the website. Additionally, reporters are required to attribute nearly all facts in the text of their articles so that readers have an opportunity to evaluate sources for themselves. Editors frequently call sources to verify the accuracy of quotes and to ascertain overall honesty of reporters.

Editors and journalists also go beyond "he said, she said" journalism by checking statements of fact made by sources against other available information. For more information about these and other guidelines, see the Content Contributors' Handbook.

If the NewStandard sounds interesting to you, you might also find ZNet/ZMag to be a very deep resource of well-written essays, including frequent contributions from Chomsky.