Watchdog Websites

 Accuracy in Media

According to their website, "Accuracy In Media is a non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage."

Alternet.org

According to their website, their editorial philosophy is as follows: "By publishing grassroots success stories and inspirational narratives alongside hard-hitting critiques of policies, investigative reports and expert analysis, we emphasize workable solutions to aggravating problems. Our editorial mix underscores a commitment to fairness, equity and global stewardship, and to making connections across generational, ethnic and issue lines."

Center for Media and Democracy

According to their website, "The Center for Media and Democracy works to strengthen democracy by promoting media that are "of, by and for the people" - genuinely informative and broadly participatory - and by removing the barriers and distortions of the modern information environment that stem from government- or corporate-dominated, hierarchical media."

Center for Media and Public Affairs

According to their website, "The Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) is a nonpartisan research and educational organization which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media. CMPA election studies have played a major role in the ongoing debate over improving the election process. Our continuing analysis and tabulation of late night political jokes provides a lighter look at major news makers. CMPA is one of the few groups to study the important role the media plays in communicating information about health risks and scientific issues."

Factcheck.org

According to their own website, "We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor 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. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding."

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

According to their own website, "FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, FAIR believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information."

Insight on the News

"Our editorial focus is simple: Report news others won't or can't. We follow the story wherever the facts lead, regardless of who's involved. Though you also will find commentary and opinion within our pages, you won't have to guess about what is authentic news and what is opinion. We tell you each and every issue what's what and we label it. For example, if you read a news story, that's it: You are reading facts reported as accurately as is humanly possible and in context. If you read a commentary piece or opinion article, you'll know that, too, because we label it honestly so you will never be in doubt."

Media Matters for America

"Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media."

Media Research Center According to their own website, "The mission of the Media Research Center is to bring balance and responsibility to the news media. Leaders of America's conservative movement have long believed that within the national news media a strident liberal bias existed that influenced the public's understanding of critical issues. On October 1, 1987, a group of young determined conservatives set out to not only prove - through sound scientific research - that liberal bias in the media does exist and undermines traditional American values, but also to neutralize its impact on the American political scene. What they launched that fall is the now acclaimed --- Media Research Center--(MRC)."
Nieman Watchdog

"This is group seeks to help the press ask penetrating questions, critical questions, questions that matter, questions not yet asked about today's news. It seeks to encourage more informed reporting."

Right Wing Watch This is a joint project of People for the American Way that monitors broadcasts, emails, websites and activities of Religious and Radical Right political organizations.
Spinsanity According to the website, "Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer, and Brendan Nyhan are young writers who edit Spinsanity, the nation's leading watchdog of manipulative political rhetoric."