Media reform/accuracy

Inaccuracies in media reports can be caused by

• incompetence
• corporate bias
• personal bias
• failing to verify claims of sources
• failing to document, question, or otherwise critically analyze sources
• failing to avoid or document conflicts of interest
• sloppy work under deadline pressure
• deliberate falsehoods

Watchdogs and Media Critics

• Accuracy in Media, a right-leaning media critic group
• Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, a left-leaning media critic group
• MediaLens, "correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media"
• Media Transparency, "the money behind the media"
• spinsanity, "countering rhetoric with reason"
• Spin of the Day, PR Watch's "Daily reporting on Public Relations, Propaganda, and Media Spin"