Accuracy in Media Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting. http://www.aim.org/

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism. http://www.fair.org/

Media Research Center Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media. http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Independent Press Councils (IPC) 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. http://www.presscouncils.org/

Media Transparency Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political organizations. http://www.mediatransparency.org

MediaChannel.org Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the media. http://www.mediachannel.org

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

Media Watch Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media. http://www.mediawatch.com

Media Monitors Network (MMN) Non-profit, non-partial and non-political platform for serious media contributors and observers. http://www.mediamonitors.net/

Adbusters Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact. http://www.adbusters.org

Columbia Journalism Review Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms. http://www.cjr.org/

American Journalism Review National magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media. http://www.ajr.org

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

Tyndall Report Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts. http://www.tyndallreport.com/

Project Censored Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another. http://www.projectcensored.org

National Institute on Media and the Family Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children. http://www.mediafamily.org

Who's Lying? Media-focused nonprofit devoted to correcting statements and/or actions that do not responsibly reflect objective reality. http://whoslying.org

Center for Media and Public Affairs Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media. http://www.cmpa.com

Morality in Media 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. http://www.moralityinmedia.org/

Media Talk Wisconsin Public Radio show looking at current issues inside network television, cable, newspapers, magazines, the Internet and radio. Hosted by Dave Berkman. Audio archives link included. http://www.wpr.org/mediatalk/