Editing AlterNet (section)

{{short description|Left-leaning news website}}
{{use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox website
| name = AlterNet
| logo = AlterNet-logo.png
| commercial = No
| type = Progressive news website
| registration = Optional
| owner = Alternet Media, Inc.<br />[[John K. Byrne]]<br />[[Michael Rogers (publisher)|Michael Rogers]]
| author = Independent Media Institute
| editor = Roxanne Cooper
| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|1987|11|}}<ref name=about>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970222072340/http://www.alternet.org/aboutalter.html|archive-date=Feb 22, 1997|url=http://www.alternet.org/aboutalter.html|title=About AlterNet|agency=AlterNet|quote=Launched in November 1987 by the Institute for Alternative Journalism (IAJ)...}}</ref>
| current_status = Active
| url = {{URL|http://www.alternet.org/}}
}}
'''AlterNet''' is a [[Left-wing politics|left-leaning]] news website based in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Salvador |last2=Lewis |first2=Cora |title=Progressive Media Executive Don Hazen Resigns After Five Women Accused Him of Sexual Harassment |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/left-leaning-media-executive-resigns-after-six-women |access-date=29 December 2018 |publisher=BuzzFeed News |date=27 December 2017 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105125845/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/left-leaning-media-executive-resigns-after-six-women |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheffield |first1=Matthew |title=Fake news" or free speech: Is Google cracking down on left media? |url=https://www.salon.com/2017/10/18/fake-news-or-free-speech-is-google-cracking-down-on-left-media/ |access-date=29 December 2018 |work=Salon |date=18 October 2017 |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024042648/https://www.salon.com/2017/10/18/fake-news-or-free-speech-is-google-cracking-down-on-left-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was launched by the Independent Media Institute.<ref>{{cite web |title=AlterNet.org |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0020215/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=30 November 2020 |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213013924/https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0020215/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the website was acquired by owners of ''[[Raw Story]]''.