media watchdogs
Journalism accountability groups
Media watchdogs are organizations or individuals that monitor news outlets and journalists for accuracy, bias, or ethical violations.
The term frames them as guardians keeping watch over powerful institutions: The media watchdog issued a report on misleading coverage.
Some watchdogs aim for nonpartisan fact-checking; others openly critique from a political perspective.
The phrase can also describe journalists who investigate other media companies.
- fact-checkingConfirming accuracy of claims
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
- transparencyState of being see-through
- public accountabilityOfficials' duty to explain actions
journalistic integrity · whistleblowing · editorial standards · press freedom · defamation laws · libel law · free press · freedom of the press · propaganda · editorial independence · ethical journalism · ethical standards · FCC · public interest groups · news coverage · gatekeepers · misinformation · investigative journalism
- advocacy groupsadvocacy group, lobbying groups, lobby group, NAACP, lobby groups
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- media ethicsjournalism ethics, journalistic ethics, journalistic integrity, code of ethics, checkbook journalism
- broadcast regulationbroadcast license, decency standards, broadcasting standards, broadcast standards, FCC
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- pressnewspaper, press laws, free press, newsroom, press cards
media watchdogsmainstream media
Dominant news establishment
media conglomerates · publishers · media moguls · press barons · the press
media watchdogsstate media
Government-run news organizations
spin doctors · troll farms · yellow journalism · tabloid press