Accuracy in Media
Conservative watchdog of the news media "biased" toward liberal politics.
Alternative Media Watch
Znet's showcase of underreported news stories and issues.
American Journalism Review (AJR)
Magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media. AJR analyzes ethical dilemmas in the field and monitors the impact of technology on how journalism is practiced and on the final product.
Center for Media and Public Affairs
Research and educational organization which conducts studies of the news and entertainment media.
Columbia Journalism Review
Respectable magazine offering a mix of reporting, analysis, criticism, and commentary, aimed at the improvement of journalism.
Common Sense Media
Organization dedicated to helping families make the best media choices for their kids.
CovertAction Quarterly
Site of the Institute for Media Analysis, established with the primary purpose of providing to the public educational materials relating to the workings of government and of the media, and in particular the relations between the two.
Cursor.org
Regularly updated international, national and local media criticism.
Daily Howler
Covers media inaccuracy and arrogance.
FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
Liberal media-watch group publishing Extra! magazine of well-documented media criticism and producing weekly radio show CounterSpin.
Grade the News
Attempts to build market pressure for quality journalism by rating San Francisco Bay Area news media head-to-head much as Consumer Reports Magazine rates consumer products.
Institute for Public Accuracy
Seeks to broaden public discourse by gaining media access for those whose perspectives are commonly drowned out by corporate-backed think tanks.
Jim Romenesko's Media News
Media news, gossip, commentary, and links.
Marshall McLuhan Links
Features links to biographical material as well as links to journals, papers, research centers and new releases relevant to the work of the late Canadian communications theorist Marshall
McLuhan.
Media Alliance
One of the leading organizations in the US working for media justice and press freedom.
Media Channel
Features criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from media organizations worldwide.
Media Education Foundation
Produces video documentaries, study guides and articles about the relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the democratic demand for free flows of information.
Media Hell
Online community project to identify common media fallacies, and to investigate their causes and effects.
Media Research Center
Conservative media watchdog group.
Media Transparency
Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political
organizations.
Media Views
Links to recent online media criticism and news, compiled by the FAIR.
MediaLens
UK based site providing radical critique of the mainstream media.
MediaWise
Helps families and educators to maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of mass media on children through research, education and advocacy.
Morality in Media
Interfaith organization established to combat obscenity and uphold decency standards in the media.
Noam Chomsky Archive
Prominent political dissident among other issues analyzes the propaganda role of corporate media.
On the Media
National Public Radio program devoted to media
criticism and analysis.
Online Journalism Review (OJR)
Quality web-based journal looking at trends in online news reporting.
Project Censored
Media research project created to explore and publicize the extent of censorship in society by locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not.
Stats
Monitors the media to expose the abuse of science and statistics before people are misled and public policy is distorted.
Transparency
Collection of media criticism articles trying to reveal the hidden meanings in TV, film, sci-fi, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news.
