| 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." |
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| 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." |
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| 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." |
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| 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." |
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to their own website, "We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer
advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception
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| 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." |
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| "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." |
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| 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
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| 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." |