In journalism, a watchdog is a person or organization that monitors and usually publicizes the activities and practices of a media outlet.
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Accuracy in Media is a non-profit organization which serves as a conservative watchdog for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting.
http://www.aim.org/
Center for Media and Democracy
The Center for Media and Democracy is a non-profit organization focused on the media relations industry and whistle-blowing manipulative or misleading practices.
http://www.prwatch.org/
The Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is a media monitoring organization is dedicated to providing criticism of censorship and media censorship. FAIR has particularly detailed coverage of elections, President George W. Bush and the Iraq Occupation. You can also buy books on the media.
http://www.fair.org
JEA, the Journalism Education Association, is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the standards of journalism from the classroom to the profession.
http://www.jea.org.au/
Media Matters is a non-profit organization dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the US media.
http://mediamatters.org/
Previously known as Culture and Media Institute, MRCTV is an American media watchdog and content analysis group based in Reston, Virginia. Founded in 1987, the online media platform broadcasts conservative values, culture, and politics, and exposes incidents of liberal media bias. Its content includes textual content, video content, and a blog covering various political and societal issues. Readers may subscribe to several newsletters, and an annual donation allows for fewer ads.
https://www.mrctv.org/
Media Standards Australia is a non-profit organisation which promote the maintenance and improvement of the regulation of all forms of media.
http://www.mediastandards.org/
The Media Standards Trust is a non-profit organization which promotes standards in the way in which news and information are produced, packaged, and consumed in the United Kingdom.
http://www.mediastandardstrust.org/
Documents, exposes and neutralizes liberal media bias. Includes commentary and in-depth analysis, constructive criticisms and corrections to news media reporting.
http://www.newsbusters.org
On the Media is a non-profit organization representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis.
http://www.onthemedia.org/
Stats is a non-profit organization which features articles that highlight abuses of mass media and statistics regarding policy issues.
http://www.stats.org/
We Interrupt This Message is a non-profit organization providing media strategy and training for public interest groups and grassroots campaigns.
http://www.interrupt.org/
