Check out Wide Angle series on PBS for the news that most US media outlets won’t show you.
I just got hip to this series that’s been on PBS since 2001 and plan to check it out. Here’s a link to the webpage so you, too, can see when it airs in your area or you can browse episodes online.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/
I’ll write more soon about it.