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Accuracy in Media -
Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting.

Status Code: 200
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Adbusters -
Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact.

Status Code: 200
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Alternative Media Watch - http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm
Media group showcasing underreported news stories and issues.

Status Code: 302 - Location: /znet/topics/Media+Alternative
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American Journalism Review - http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm
National magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media.

Status Code: 200
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Center for Media and Democracy - http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm
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.
Status Code: 200
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Center for Media and Public Affairs - http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm
Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.

Status Code: 200
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Columbia Journalism Review - http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm
Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms.

Status Code: 200
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FactCheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check - http://www.factcheck.org/
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.

Status Code: 200 - Location: http://www.factcheck.org/index.html
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Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) - http://www.fair.org/
National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism.

Status Code: 301 - Location: http://www.fair.org/index.php
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Global Media Monitoring Project - http://www.fair.org/
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.

Status Code: 200
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Independent Press Councils (IPC) - http://www.fair.org/
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.

Status Code: 200
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Media Matters for America - http://www.fair.org/
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, a conservative media insider.

Status Code: 200
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Media Matters for America - http://www.fair.org/
Reports and critique of recent incidents of conservative political bias in the U.S. media.

Status Code: 200
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Media Monitors Network - http://www.mediamonitors.net
Grass roots watchdog of media coverage which seeks to uncover journalistic and media bias and provide contrary information and opinions.

Status Code: 302 - Location: http://usa.mediamonitors.net
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Media Research Center - http://www.mediamonitors.net
Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media.

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Media Transparency - http://www.mediamonitors.net
Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political organizations.

Status Code: 200
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Media Watch - http://www.mediamonitors.net
Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media.

Status Code: 200
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Media Watch (ABC TV) - http://www.mediamonitors.net
A leading forum for Australian media analysis. Summary, news, bungled stories and viewable episodes of the weekly program, plus archive of previous coverage.

Status Code: 200
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MediaChannel.org - http://www.mediamonitors.net
Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the media.

Status Code: 200
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Morality in Media - http://www.moralityinmedia.org/
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.

Status Code: 200 - Location: http://www.moralityinmedia.org/index.htm
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National Institute on Media and the Family - http://www.moralityinmedia.org/
Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children.

Status Code: 403
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News Hounds - http://www.moralityinmedia.org/
Volunter watchdog group focused on FOX News. Includes blog, video, newsletter, forum and how to support.

Status Code: 200
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NewsTrust - http://beta.newstrust.net/
Online social network that aims to help people identify quality journalism. Sign-in to rate news and opinions.

Status Code: 301 - Location: http://newstrust.net/
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On the Media - http://beta.newstrust.net/
Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis.

Status Code: 200
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PR Watch - http://beta.newstrust.net/
Investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy.

Status Code: 200
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Press Complaints Commission - http://beta.newstrust.net/
Independent organisation monitoring British newspapers and magazines to ensure they adhere to ethical guidelines. Deals with issues such as inaccuracy, privacy, misrepresentation and harassment.

Status Code: 200
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Project Censored - http://beta.newstrust.net/
Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another.

Status Code: 200
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SourceWatch - Regulating Media Content - http://beta.newstrust.net/
Encyclopedia article focused U.S. bills aimed at regulating social media.

Status Code: 200
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Stats - http://beta.newstrust.net/
Weblog and articles highlight abuses of science and statistics regarding policy issues.

Status Code: 200
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Stinky Journalism - http://beta.newstrust.net/
Lists questionable media cases and calls for improved journalistic fact-finding and fact-checking methods. Practical tools challenge readers and writers to test parcels of information to find the discerning facts.

Status Code: 200
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Stinky Journalism - http://beta.newstrust.net/
A forum to air the stink that may have otherwise gone undetected in news stories today.

Status Code: 200
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The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press - http://people-press.org/
Independent opinion research group studying attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.

Status Code: 302 - Location: http://72.232.203.50/
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Tyndall Report - http://www.tyndallreport.com/
Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts.

Status Code: 302 - location: http://tyndallreport.com/
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