John Kiriakou

It is a quandary.

What I've done for a few years now is I've begun following people I respect on Twitter, X, and relying on them

to give me the news that they think is important.

So I'm getting the whole mainstream view from the mainstream outlets.

But then I know, for example, that Alexander Makuras at the Duran knows everything that's happening in Ukraine, for example, or that

Max Blumenthal at The Gray Zone knows everything that's happening in Iran right now.

I have some friends who cover Latin America, and I trust them.

I know how honest they are and what great analysts they are.

So maybe one of the things that you can do, or that anybody can do, is to identify people who really are seeking the truth,

without a political agenda, and follow them.

Oh, Max Blumenthal or Aaron Mate, M-A-T-E.

They're both terrific writers and analysts.

Just excellent.

Gideon Levy at Haaretz in Israel is one of the

the clearest thinkers on these issues that I've ever encountered and is not afraid of his own government.

He just wants the truth of a story.

He's fantastic.

I do follow Al Jazeera just because I know so many of them at Al Jazeera.

And you can't rely on them for news about the Gulf because they're owned by the government of Qatar.

But on the Arab-Israeli dispute, they're terrific.