Media Matters for AmericaA 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. http://mediamatters.org |
Fairness & Accuracy In ReportingAdvocates for greater diversity in the press, and scrutinizes media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. http://www.fair.org |
Noam Chomsky ArchiveChomsky is one of America`s most prominent political dissidents. A renowned professor of linguistics at MIT, he has authored over 30 political books, which repeatedly highlight the vital role of the mainstream media in implictly setting the parameters for http://www.zmag.org/chomsky |
Take Back the MediaIncludes a media ownership chart, how to get involved, and news. http://www.takebackthemedia.com |
PR Watch - Center for Media & DemocracyAsserts that citizens today find themselves confronted by a bewildering array of hired propagandists paid to convince the public that junk food is nutritious, pollution is harmless, and what`s good for big business and big government is good for everyone. http://www.prwatch.org |
Media LensFocuses most of its attention on the UK `liberal` media, contending that, despite its leftist appearance, the scope and depth of its coverage are circumscribed by commercial considerations. http://www.medialens.org |
NutraSweet Soured on the TruthIn 1998, Fox Television stations, allegedly fearful of Monsanto`s lawyers, dropped a documentary in which NutraSweet was criticized. Covers the high-profile lawsuit involving the reporters of that program. http://www.foxbghsuit.com |
News Bias ExploredAnalyzes what news bias is and how it manifests through real examples and interactive activities. Includes some teaching resources. http://www.umich.edu/~newsbias |
Ali Abunimah`s Bitter PillMedia monitor, presenting an archive of documents and editorials devoted to correcting media errors relating to the Middle East. Also provides links to news sites and resources. http://www.abunimah.org |
Media TycoonRealVideo copy of an ABC pilot show made by Australia`s John Safran that criticises the media and news reporting. Satirically styled, it includes `tips` on how to get on the nightly news, how to get a music video on Rage and how to get a movie onto the http://www.chez.com/folder1/frameset.htm |
Fear & Favor 2000FAIR`s first annual report on how the powerful shape the news. http://www.fair.org/ff2000.html |
"Rogue States", by Noam ChomskyArticle by Chomsky arguing the US and UK are in fact themselves "rogue states". http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/z9804-rogue.html |
Studying the MediaTalk by Noam Chomsky on the power structures in the mainstream media - and on recognising subtle distortions that they implictly encourage. http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/z9710-mainstream-media.html |
Media Foresight SocietyForum for discussion on how journalism and news industry is changing. Includes "Newstradamus," where stories about media trends from around the web are linked. http://www.mediaforesight.org |
Treasure State ReviewMontana periodical devoted to journalism and justice that is published and edited by Nathaniel Blumberg of WoodFIREAshes Press. http://www.nathanielblumberg.com/tsr.htm |
Free the MediaIncludes a calendar of events, how to get involved, a forum, and a list of resources. http://freethemedia.org |