Open Directory - News: Media: Watchdogs
See also: - Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting. - Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact. - 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. - Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media. - Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms. - From Terry Krepel, a watchdog of conservative Internet news sources. About the site, criticism, reader letters, archives, links and books for sale. - 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. - National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism. - 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. - 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. - Grass roots watchdog of media coverage which seeks to uncover journalistic and media bias and provide contrary information and opinions. - Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media. - Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media. - A leading forum for Australian media analysis. Summary, news, bungled stories and viewable episodes of the weekly program, plus archive of previous coverage. - Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the 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. - Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children. - Volunteer watchdog group focused on FOX News. Includes blog, video, newsletter, forum and how to support. - Online social network that aims to help people identify quality journalism. Sign-in to rate news and opinions. - Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis. - Investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy. - Independent organisation monitoring British newspapers and magazines to ensure they adhere to ethical guidelines. Deals with issues such as inaccuracy, privacy, misrepresentation and harassment. - Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another. - Encyclopedia article focused U.S. bills aimed at regulating social media. - Weblog and articles highlight abuses of science and statistics regarding policy issues. - Art Science Research Laboratory's Media Ethics Project works to improve journalistic methodology, holding the media accountable by examining concrete, measurable errors of fact and ethical breaches encountered in the press. - Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts. XML Feeds: - Reports and critique of recent incidents of conservative political bias in the U.S. media. [RSS] - Advocating for more rigorous and scientific journalistic methodology. [RSS]
