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» Accuracy in Media - Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting. » Adbusters - Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact. » Alternative Media Watch - Media group showcasing underreported news stories and issues. » American Journalism Review - National magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media. » 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. » Center for Media and Public Affairs - Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media. » Columbia Journalism Review - Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms. » Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) - National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism. » 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. » 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. » Media Monitors Network - Grass roots watchdog of media coverage which seeks to uncover journalistic and media bias and provide contrary information and opinions. » Media Research Center - Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media. » Media Transparency - Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political organizations. » Media Watch - Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media. » 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. » MediaChannel.org - Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the media. » 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. » National Institute on Media and the Family - Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children. » NewsTrust - Online social network that aims to help people identify quality journalism. Sign-in to rate news and opinions. » On the Media - Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis. » PR Watch - Investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy. » 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. » Project Censored - Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another. » Stats - Weblog and articles highlight abuses of science and statistics regarding policy issues. » The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press - Independent opinion research group studying attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. » Tyndall Report - Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts.

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