Accuracy In Media - learn more about the propaganda machine

Accuracy In Academia - get some egghead views

American Gulf War Veterans Association - Joyce Riley serves as spokesperson for the American Gulf War Veterans Association who's purpose is to provide education and information for the Gulf War veterans and their families and to seek treatment for the illnesses that thousands of Gulf War veterans now suffer from.

American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) - is a  nationally prominent charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions.

Amnesty International - working to protect human rights world wide

Center for Public Integrity - The mission of the Center for Public Integrity is to provide the American people with the findings of our investigations and analyses of public service, government accountability and ethics related issues.

Committee to Protect Journalists - An independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide. Fact

Congress.org - government by the people, this site offers wonderful search tools for finding media, politicians by congressional districts even their most recent votes such as on U.S. Patriot Act. etc in your area

Factcheck - Annenberg political factcheck.org, holding politicians accountable

FAIR - "FAIR is a media watch group. FAIR stands for Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting and basically we examine mainstream news media and try to consider who gets to speak, which perspectives are included and which are left out. And we also try to look at the influence that corporate ownership of media outlets and corporate sponsorship of media have on the content of the news we see and hear. We also publish a magazine Extra!, a radio show Counterspin, as well as providing a website and listserve." (Janine Jackson)

Freedom House - this is an organization that rates Nation-States according to the degree of freedom their citizens enjoy

HoaxBusters Home page - Internet hoaxes and chain letters are e-mail messages written with one purpose; to be sent to everyone you know. The messages they contain are usually untrue. A few of the sympathy messages do describe a real situation but that situation was  resolved years ago so the message is not valid and has not been valid for many years. Hoax messages try to get you to pass them on to everyone you know using several different methods of social engineering

Hoax du Jour - What is a "hoax du jour?" With the advent of widespread use of the Internet as a medium for sharing information, the phenomenon of sharing misinformation has exploded. Conventional urban folklore and propaganda have blossomed on the Internet. Intentionally misleading information is broadcast on a professional and personal level.

Human Rights Watch - is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world

Integrity in Science works to expose conflicts of interest in scientific research and reporting.

Judicial Watch - welcome to Judicial Watch online!, a few of the many cases presently underway.

MediaChannel.org - "MediaChannel is a media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide. As the media watch the world, we watch the media.

Media Reform Information Center - Links dealing with media reform, commercialism, public relations, media ownership, etc.

Media Research Center - "Founded by L. Brent Bozell III in 1987 with the mission of bringing political balance to the nation’s news media and responsibility to the entertainment media, the Media Research Center (MRC) has grown into the nation’s largest and most respected conservative media watchdog organization."

Media Transparency - investigates "The Money behind the Media"  

National Fraud Information Center - The NFIC was originally established in 1992 by the National Consumers League, the oldest nonprofit consumer organization in the United States, to fight the growing menace of telemarketing  fraud by improving prevention and enforcement.

Oklahoma Bombing Investigation Committee (OKBIC) - our primary mission is to find the whole truth about the fatal attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Building on April 19, 1995

POGO - Founded in 1981 POGO is an independent non-profit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government.

PR Watch, a project of the Center for Media & Democracy - "PR Watch offers investigative reporting on the public relations industry.  We help the public recognize manipulative and misleading PR practices by exposing the activities of secretive, little-known propaganda-for-hire firms that work to control public debates and public opinion."

Scambusters - the #1 Publication on Internet Fraud

Snopes - verify rumors to be true of false 

Spinsanity - "Spinsanity is the nation's leading watchdog of manipulative political rhetoric. We work to counter the increasing dominance of techniques of deception and irrationality in American politics by identifying and dissecting outrageous and important examples of this rhetoric in daily posts and weekly columns."

Swindles - uncover swindles

Transparency International - International Corruption Index, a neat way to evaluate foreign country

Urban Legends  - here fact and fiction are differentiated so the reader attains a better sense of true reality