media watchdog
Journalism oversight group
A media watchdog is an organization or individual that monitors news outlets for accuracy, bias, or ethical violations.
These groups scrutinize reporting practices and call out misinformation, conflicts of interest, or failures of journalistic standards: The media watchdog flagged the network's coverage as misleading.
The term can also describe journalists who investigate the media industry itself.
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- press freedomRight to publish uncensored
- free pressJournalism without censorship
accountability · ombudsman · ethics · editor · public trust · fact-checking · editorial standards · news coverage · transparency · freedom of press · regulatory agencies · advocacy groups · expose · fairness · complaints · investigative journalism · standards · oversight
- watchdogsoverseer, inspector, monitor, oversight committee, oversight board
- advocacy mediaadvocacy journalism, community radio, alternative press, public access TV, citizen journalism
media watchdogpress
Apply force downward
news media · broadcaster · publisher · mainstream media · journalist
media watchdogdisinformation agent
One who spreads falsehoods deliberately
state media · spin doctor · PR firm · troll farm · media conglomerate