- Accuracy in Media (AIM)
Organization investigating complaints of media misdeeds and working for higher standards of reporting. Includes articles from the AIM Report, a bi-weekly publication.
www.aim.org
- Ali Abunimah's Bitter Pill
Documents efforts to uncover media myths about the Middle East.
www.abunimah.org
- Allodium, The
Includes under-reported news stories, and research on roots of misinformation propogated by the media.
www.rain.org/~openmind/allodium.htm
- Broadcasting Standards Commission
Statutory body for standards and fairness in U.K. broadcasting.
www.bsc.org.uk
- Center for Media & Democracy
Nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry. Serves those seeking to recognize and combat manipulative and misleading PR practices.
www.prwatch.org
- Cursor
Television, radio and print media criticism.
www.cursor.org
- Daily Howler, The
Post-Socratic journalism review that applies the simplest rules of thought to the exertions of the modern-day celebrity press corps.
www.dailyhowler.com
- Disconnected: Politics, the Press and the Public
Examines the process driving campaign coverage and the struggle facing politicians and the news media to find new standards.
www.pbs.org/fredfriendly/disconnected
- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Media_Ethics_and_Accountability/Fairness_and_Accuracy_in_Reporting__FAIR_
- Free Press
A nonprofit organization working to involve the public in media policymaking and to craft policies for a more democratic media system.
www.freepress.net
- Freedom Forum
News and resource center devoted to promoting free press, free speech, and free spirit for all people.
www.freedomforum.org
- Grade the News
Rates and reviews print and television news outlets in the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.gradethenews.org
- Hands Off Public Broadcasting
Effort to keep public broadcasting independent and free from political pressure, and to identify conservative misinformation that appears in public broadcasting.
www.handsoffpublicbroadcasting.org
- HonestReporting.com
Aims to fight media bias and ensure journalists maintain independence and objectivity when reporting on events in the Middle East.
www.honestreporting.com
- Institute for Public Accuracy
Consortium of policy experts providing well-documented bulletins to journalists. IPA helps reporters find subject-specific analysts and builds communication with grassroots activists.
www.accuracy.org
- Irish Media Review
Independent review of fairness and accuracy in Irish media.
indigo.ie/~imr
- Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Devoted to explorations of ethics problems and issues in the various fields of mass communication.
jmme.byu.edu
- Media Access Project
Public interest law firm which is primarily devoted to representing the public's interest on electronic media issues.
www.mediaaccess.org
- Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA)
MANNA's mission is to create an environment free of racism through the accurate, balanced, and sensitive Asian American images.
www.manaa.org
- Media Beat by Norman Solomon
Weekly syndicated column on media and politics.
www.fair.org/media-beat
- Media Ecology Association (MEA)
Dedicated to the study of media environments, the idea that technology and techniques, modes of information and codes of communication play a leading role in human affairs.
www.media-ecology.org
- Media Matters
Companion site to the PBS series examining reporting ethics, the intersection of business and journalism, the impact of the electronic media on newspapers, and voluntary censorship.
www.pbs.org/mediamatters
- Media Matters for America
Nonprofit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.
www.mediamatters.org
- Media Research Center (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Media_Ethics_and_Accountability/Media_Research_Center
- Media Transparency
Examines and tracks the money behind conservative media.
v2.mediatransparency.org
- Media Watch
Challenging racism, sexism and violence in the media through education and action.
www.mediawatch.com
- mediachannel.org
Media issues supersite featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from organizations worldwide. Also has community boards, issue guides, and action alerts.
www.mediachannel.org
- Mediacrity
A media insider's occasional rants on goofs, bias, and hypocrisy in the media.
mediacrity.blogspot.com
- MediaFilter
MediaFilter.org/MFF/mfhome
- Mediascope
Raising awareness about violence on TV and other social issues.
www.mediascope.org
- News Hounds
Watching Fox News so you don't have to.
www.newshounds.us
- News Watch Project
Resource for bringing unbiased, fair coverage of minorites, people of color, and lesbians/gays to the news.
newswatch.sfsu.edu
- NewsBreakers
Nonpartisan media watchdog group who critique the role of television news through parody and non-traditional methods.
www.newsbreakers.org
- NewsBusters
Aims to expose and combat the alleged liberal media bias in the United States.
www,newsbusters.org
- NewsWatch
Daily media criticism site designed for news consumers. Offers a digest of media criticism, full-length feature articles, and more.
www.newswatch.org
- NewsWatch Canada
Undertakes independent research on the diversity and thoroughness of news coverage in Canada's media, with a focus on identifying blindspots and double-standards.
edwina.cprost.sfu.ca/newswatch
- Online NewsHour: Media|Watch
Reports and analyzes news, trends, issues and controversies involving the information industries.
www.pbs.org/newshour/media
- Pacific Journalism Review
Critiques and developments in South Pacific news media and communications.
www.asiapac.org.fj/PJR
- Pew Center for Civic Journalism
Works closely with news organizations in developing civic journalism initiatives, evaluating these projects, and training journalists.
www.pewcenter.org
- Project Censored
Exploring and publicizing the extent of censorship in our society by locating stories about significant issues.
www.projectcensored.org
- Reporting the World
Series of events, publications, and discussions about issues of representation and responsibility in international news.
www.reportingtheworld.org
- Republican Bias in the Media
Political and cultural commentary detailing conservative perspectives in reporting.
hometown.aol.com/gopbias
- Rocky Mountain Media Watch (RMMW)
Challenging "the unbalanced and unhealthy diet of information presented by the media corporations."
www.bigmedia.org
- Scottish Media Monitor
Garry Otton examines the treatment of sexuality in the Scottish media.
www.scottishmediamonitor.com
- Smarter Times
Daily critique of the New York Times.
www.smartertimes.com
- SourceWatch
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Collaborative project to produce a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations, and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests.
www.sourcewatch.org
- Spinsanity
Analyzing the use of spin in American politics and the damage it is doing to our political discourse. Blog format features several columnists and regular updates.
www.spinsanity.org
- The Media's Ethical Role in Grand Jury Leaks
www.rain.org/~openmind/gjleaks.htm
- Times Watch
Examines the New York Times on a daily basis for examples of liberal bias, as well as factual or funny mistakes.
www.timeswatch.org
- Transparency: Media Criticism
Uses the ideas of Goffman and others to reveal the way news stories contain hidden forms of social interaction.
www.transparencynow.com/news/tableof.htm
- Truth in Media
Organization dedicated to ensuring accuracy in media reporting of strategic global geopolitical affairs. Bob Djurdjevic is its founder.
www.truthinmedia.org
- Youth Voice Collaborative
www.yvc.org
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