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Adbusters
Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact.
Search in Category: Society: Activism: Anti-Media
Search in Category: Society: Activism: Media: Culture Jamming
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Business: Advertising: Activism
www.adbusters.org - cached


American Journalism Review
National magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online
media.
Search in Category: Arts: Writers Resources: Non-Fiction: Journalism
Search in Category: News: Media: Journalism: Journalists: Resources
www.ajr.org - cached


Center for Media and Democracy
A wiki-based investigative journalism collaborative focused on the public relations
industry and whistle-blowing manipulative or misleading practices. Contribute to a
quarterly investigative journal, the Weekly Spin listserv, donate or draw on
newsfeeds.
Search in Category: News: Media: Media Literacy
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Wisconsin: Localities: M: Madison: Society and Culture: Organizations
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Business: Media
www.prwatch.org - cached


Columbia Journalism Review
Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms.
Search in Category: News: Media: Journalism: Publications
Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: New York: Columbia University: Publications
www.cjr.org - cached


FactCheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check
Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in
the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Offers email
newsletter.
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Society and Culture: Politics: Candidates and Campaigns: Fact Checking
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Society and Culture: Politics: Transparency
www.factcheck.org - cached


Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism.
Search in Category: Arts: Radio: Advocacy Organizations
Search in Category: Kids and Teens: School Time: English: Journalism
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Business: Media: Bias and Balance
www.fair.org - modified: Feb 19 2009 - cached


MediaChannel.org
Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the
media.
Search in Category: News: Alternative
Search in Category: News: Media
www.mediachannel.org - cached


Project Censored
Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but
is not, for one reason or another.
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Business: Media: Bias and Balance
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Human Rights and Liberties: Free Speech: Censorship
www.projectcensored.org - cached


Stats
Weblog and articles highlight abuses of science and statistics regarding policy
issues.
www.stats.org - modified: Jan 13 2010 - cached


Accuracy in Media
Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting.
Search in Category: Society: Politics: Conservatism: News and Media
www.aim.org - cached


Alternative Media Watch
Media group showcasing underreported news stories and issues.
Search in Category: News: Media: Media Literacy
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Society and Culture: Politics: News and Media: Progressive and Left
Search in Category: Society: Activism: Multi-Issue
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Global: Hegemonism
www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm - cached


Center for Media and Public Affairs
Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting
scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.
Search in Category: News: Media: Organizations
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Government: News and Media
www.cmpa.com - cached


Global Media Monitoring Project
A twice-a-decade study of the media’s news coverage to be undertaken worldwide
with the aim of documenting the participation and portrayal of men and women in the
world’s news media.
www.whomakesthenews.org - modified: Apr 01 2009 - cached


Media Matters for America
A non-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to
comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation
in the U.S. media. Founded by David Brock, a conservative media insider.
www.mediamatters.org - cached


Media Monitors Network
Grass roots watchdog of media coverage which seeks to uncover journalistic and
media bias and provide contrary information and opinions.
www.mediamonitors.net - modified: Feb 17 2009 - cached


Media Research Center
Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and
responsibility to the entertainment media.
Search in Category: News: Media: Analysis and Opinion
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Business: Media: Bias and Balance
Search in Category: Society: Politics: Conservatism: Institutes
www.mediaresearch.org - modified: Feb 24 2009 - cached


Media Transparency
Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political
organizations.
Search in Category: Society: Activism: Media
Search in Category: Society: Politics: News and Media: Progressive and Left
www.mediatransparency.org - published: Feb 21 2008 - cached


Media Watch
Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly
found in the media.
www.mediawatch.com


Media Watch (ABC TV)
A leading forum for Australian media analysis. Summary, news, bungled stories and
viewable episodes of the weekly program, plus archive of previous coverage.
Search in Category: Regional: Oceania: Australia: News and Media: Television: Programs
Search in Category: Arts: Television: Networks
Search in Category: Regional: Oceania: Australia: Government: Departments: Communications, Information Technology, and the Arts
Search in Category: Regional: Oceania: Australia: News and Media
www.abc.net.au/mediawatch - cached


Morality in Media
Established in 1962 by Father Morton A. Hill, S.J. (1917-1985), to combat obscenity
and to uphold decency standards in the media. MIM maintains the National Obscenity
Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law.
Search in Category: Society: Activism: Media
Search in Category: Society: Religion and Spirituality: Morality
www.moralityinmedia.org - cached


National Institute on Media and the Family
Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children.
Search in Category: News: Media: Media Literacy
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Violence and Abuse: Media
www.mediafamily.org - cached


News Hounds
Volunteer watchdog group focused on FOX News. Includes blog, video, newsletter,
forum and how to support.
Search in Category: Society: Activism: Media
www.newshounds.us - modified: Feb 14 2009 - cached


On the Media
Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media
criticism and analysis.
Search in Category: Arts: Radio: Formats: Public Radio: National Public Radio: Programs
www.onthemedia.org - cached


Press Complaints Commission
Independent organisation monitoring British newspapers and magazines to ensure they
adhere to ethical guidelines. Deals with issues such as inaccuracy, privacy,
misrepresentation and harassment.
Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Business and Economy: Industries: Media
www.pcc.org.uk - cached


Tyndall Report
Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts.
www.tyndallreport.com - modified: Feb 01 2009 - cached


PR Watch
a quarterly publication of the Center for Media & Democracy, is dedicated to
investigative reporting on the public relations industry. It serves citizens,
journalists and researchers seeking to recognize and combat manipulative and
misleading ...
Search in Category: News: Media: Media Literacy
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Wisconsin: Localities: M: Madison: Society and Culture: Organizations
Search in Category: Society: Issues: Business: Media
www.prwatch.org/prwissues - cached


Stinky Journalism
Lists questionable media cases and calls for improved journalistic fact-finding and
fact-checking methods. Practical tools challenge readers and writers to test
parcels of information to find the discerning facts.
www.stinkyjournalism.org - published: Nov 21 2008 - cached


Independent Press Councils (IPC)
Containing details of press councils who have successfully adapted the idea of
self-regulation to their own cultural and political context, to facilitate the
exchange of views and information, and to promote and support self-regulation.
www.media-accountability.org - cached


 XML  Media Matters for America
Reports and critique of recent incidents of conservative political bias in the U.S.
media.
www.mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/latest.rss - modified: Feb 19 2009 - cached


NewsTrust
Online social network that aims to help people identify quality journalism. Sign-in
to rate news and opinions.
beta.newstrust.net - modified: Apr 16 2009 - cached


SourceWatch - Regulating Media Content
Encyclopedia article focused U.S. bills aimed at regulating social media.
Search in Category: Computers: Open Source: Open Content: Encyclopedias
Search in Category: News: Media: Participatory: Resources
www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Regulating_media_content - published: Apr 01 2008 - cached


Stinky Journalism
A forum to air the stink that may have otherwise gone undetected in news stories
today.
www.stinkyjournalism.org/rss/feed.php


The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
Independent opinion research group studying attitudes toward the press, politics
and public policy issues.
Search in Category: News: Media: Analysis and Opinion
www.people-press.org - cached




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