'''The Center for Media and Democracy''' (CMD), founded in 1993 by [[John Stauber]]. It is a [[progressive]] organization administrated by [[Lisa Graves]]. According to its [http://www.prwatch.org/cmd/index.html website], CMD "strengthens participatory democracy by investigating and exposing [[public relations]] [[spin]] and [[propaganda]], and by promoting [[media]] literacy and [[citizen journalism]]." CMD publishes [http://www.prwatch.org PR Watch], [[SourceWatch]], and [http://www.BanksterUSA.org BanksterUSA].
== Books ==The following books were written by then-CMD staff, [[John Stauber ]] and [[Sheldon Rampton]] for CMD ==:
* ''[http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy.html Toxic Sludge is Good For You!]''
* ''[http://www.prwatch.org/books/madcow.html Mad Cow U.S.A.]''