Globe and Mail reviewer Liam Lacey gives War of the Worlds three stars.

While not on the air yet, Telesur has already been dubbed by some as Al-Bolivar -- a combination of Al-Jazeera and Simon Bolivar, the 19th century South American revolutionary leader.

Democracy Now! interviewed John R. (Rick) McArthur, publisher of Harper's magazine and Jim Naureckas, editor of Extra!, a bimonthly publication of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.

Naureckas thinks that by protecting their sources, the NYT's Judith Miller and Time magazine's Matthew Cooper are protecting government wrongdoers.