WingTV.net is unlike any other TV station in State College.

With the help of a webmaster in California and some friends, State College residents Victor Thorn and Lisa Guliani have developed a Web site that shows the public a side of news stories and the government that wouldn't ordinarily be found in the mainstream media.

"We aren't corporate-controlled, so we can tell the truth. We show what they're not showing on TV and newspapers," Guliani said.

For example, Thorn said both the Democratic primary front-runner John Kerry and President George W. Bush are part of the Skull and Bones Society at Yale University, a secret society, and the media wouldn't report on those types of claims.

Thorn and Guliani are not Republicans, and they're not Democrats.

And they don't belong to the Green Party or call themselves independents.

"We have no slant in a party; they're all from the same coin," Guliani said.

In January, they started scribbling down ideas for their new Web site, WingTV.net, which was launched on Feb. 1.

"It looked like a second-grade drawing," Thorn said.

Thorn and Guliani work together from their home to produce the Web site. Andy Carey helps with the technical problems and helped to set up two of the four computers they use to run the Web site.

"It's grassroots, but it looks good, and the Internet lets anyone read it because there's no censorship," Carey said.

Clay Calvert, assistant professor in the College of Communications, said the public has the right to know as much information as possible as long as it's accurate.

"I haven't seen the Web site, but certainly if the information is well-documented and well-sourced, then another voice in the marketplace of ideas is always welcomed," Calvert said.

Thorn said the Web site is completely different from their previous online magazine, Babel, which was more literary publication.

"With streaming video, [WingTV.net] is a completely different arena," Thorn said.

Guliani is associated with more than 600 Internet political groups and said she gets her ideas from people affiliated with the groups.

"The media is supposed to be government watchdogs, and instead, the media is being told what to say by the government," Guliani said.

Thorn said he hopes to get the public more involved with their Web site soon.

"Once the weather gets nicer, we want to go downtown or on campus and set up a camera and ask people questions, get their opinions. Knowledge is nothing without actions," Thorn said.

Guliani said they have articles on their Web site written by independent journalists across the nation and want to promote independent media.

"We're not anti-government or anti-America, we just hate how the government is being run," Guliani said.

Thorn said that the Web site has expanded vastly during the week and a half it's been running, and they've been asked to do various radio interviews, including broadcasts in New Mexico and Arizona.

Thorn and Guliani recently published the book The New World Order Illusion, the second of a trilogy.