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Web Links
| Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting | | This is the website of FAIR, a media watchdog organization which is generally considered to have "liberal" leanings.
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http://www.fair.org/
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| Media Reserch Center | | This is the website of MRC, a media watchdog organization which is generally considered to have "conservative" leanings.
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http://www.mediaresearch.org/
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| NewsWatch | | This site contains a wealth of links to sites and articles on criticisim of the media.
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http://www.newswatch.org/
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| The Virtual Chase | | This is a good site devoted to evaluating information on the internet.
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http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/index.html
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| Who Owns What? | | This site catalogues media ownership.
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http://www.cjr.org/owners/
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| Project Censored | | This site is devoted to covering stories that go underreported in mainstream journalism.
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http://www.projectcensored.org/default.html
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| Index on Censorship | | This news magazine site contains articles analyzing the media, including contributions from widely known media critics such as Noam Chomsky.
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http://www.indexonline.org/
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| Adbusters | | This is the site of a self-described "activist" magizine dedicated to subverting existing power structers. They are well known for their creative parodies of commercial and political ad campaigns. In particular, this organization is concerned with corporate influences in media.
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http://www.adbusters.org/home/#
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| Propaganda | | This site is operated by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis and contains some interesting discussions concerning techniques of propaganda.
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http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/propaganda/home.htm
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