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  Sourcewatch's Path to 911 article | TPMCafe
Sourcewatch generally is perceived to be center/left politically (there are exceptions, as verifiable facts is a predominate intent of the site, and there are many editors whose work cannot be easily tagged within the political linearity), which was originally started as a media watch wikiweb.
SourceWatch is the proud host of Congresspedia, a "citizen's encyclopedia of the U.S. Congress" and a joint project of the Center for Media and Democracy and the new Sunlight Foundation.
Sourcewatch members noticed structural problems in wiki-styled knowledge base implementations before many of the publications pointing out wikipedia's inherent problems were created, and took steps early in an attempt to not be a vector for disinformation dispersal on the web.
www.tpmcafe.com /discussiontables/media_table/2006/sep/12/sourcewatchs_path_to_911_article   (1021 words)

  
 SourceWatch - SourceWatch
A primary purpose of SourceWatch is documenting the PR and propaganda activities of public relations firms and public relations professionals engaged in managing and manipulating public perception, opinion and policy.
SourceWatch also includes profiles on think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests.
SourceWatch began as the "Disinfopedia" in February 2003.
www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Disinfopedia   (1610 words)

  
 Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits
Sourcewatch, begun in 2003 as Disinfopedia, is an outgrowth of the nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy, which also produces the quarterly journal PR Watch and hosts the citizen journalism experiment Congresspedia.
A good example of Sourcewatch's work is its April 2006 report on VNRs, Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed, which documented how a sampling of VNRs for clients ranging from General Moters to Intel were broadcast in dozens and dozens of cases with no disclosure of their source to viewers.
Sourcewatch also provides a page for whistleblowers to reveal such practices at their own stations.
www.poynteronline.org /column.asp?id=31&aid=101285   (369 words)

  
 WorkingForChange-Sleuths of spin
Rampton maintains that SourceWatch "is an example of media democracy in action -- an information source that is truly 'of, by and for the people' who use it.
One problem it is solving is that by harnessing the investigative power of hundreds of citizen journalists, we are finally able to keep track of the myriad of industry front groups, PR firms, lobbyists, and anti-environmental PR campaigns that exist and are created every day.
SourceWatch has been a great success in its first two years, yet it is just starting to take off.
www.workingforchange.com /article.cfm?itemid=18690   (1930 words)

  
 php-deluxe.net - description SourceWatch
SourceWatch (formerly Disinfopedia) describes itself as a collaborative project that aims to produce a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests.
The stated SourceWatch policy for WikiWiki editors is fairness and accuracy rather than a as SourceWatch editor [http://www.prwatch.org/cmd/bios.php].
Burton is the main contact for the project and provides a degree of oversight as an analyst on public relations.
www.php-deluxe.net /encyclopedia,index.page,SourceWatch.htm   (163 words)

  
 SourceWatch - Helionica
SourceWatch (dawna nazwa Disinfopedia) to anglojęzyczny serwis internetowy, działający w oparciu o mechanizm Wiki, wykorzystujący oprogramowanie zastosowane na Wikipedii - (MediaWiki).
SourceWatch (jeszcze jako Disinfopedia) został stworzony przez organizację PR Watch, która z kolei wchodzi w skład The Center for Media and Democracy (Centrum Demokratycznych Mediów).
Przez czynniki zewnętrzne SourceWatch jest oceniany jako prezentujący poglądy liberalne.
helionica.pl /index.php/SourceWatch   (214 words)

  
 Jennifer Marohasy: SourceWatch Needs Watching
Posted by jennifer, at 11:41 AM SourceWatch gives the impression it's an honest organisation keeping an eye on individuals funded by industry involved in public relations and that "Unlike some other wikis, SourceWatch has a policy of strict referencing, and is overseen by a paid editor".
Posted by: Luke at July 4, 2006 10:37 PM Sourcewatch deserves a passing note, but doesn't merit "watching." All it does is dedicate a website almost exclusively to the notion that ad hominem argumentation is not only valid, but virtuous as well.
Sourcewatch has nothing to do with any sort of virtue, but is rather, a malicious vice writ large.
www.jennifermarohasy.com /blog/archives/001457.html   (2296 words)

  
 Free Press : Sleuths of spin
SourceWatch is unique because it is an experiment in collaborative online investigative reporting.
The open source “wiki”; software that powers SourceWatch is in the public domain, as are the articles that are written.
That said, everyone who reads an article on the site should understand its limitations; that the article has not necessarily been vetted by us, that no article is 100 percent accurate, that anyone can contribute, and that it is a work in progress with no copyright on its articles.
www.freepress.net /news/6839   (2031 words)

  
 Linked external page (Vacilando.Org)
Welcome to Congresspedia SourceWatch is the proud host of Congresspedia, a "citizen's encyclopedia of the U.S. Congress" and a joint project of the Center for Media and Democracy and the new Sunlight Foundation (http://www.sunlightfoundation.com).
SourceWatch Priorities The primary purpose of SourceWatch is documenting the activities of public relations firms and public relations professionals.
Sourcewatch also includes specific case studies of deceptive PR campaigns, corporate PR campaigns, the activities of front groups, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts.
www.vacilando.org /index.php?x=cache&reqcache=bad72a680f5a3021f29d60650a9bca9a   (579 words)

  
 the mobius strip » SourceWatch Australia
To this end, some public-spirited folk have been expanding, updating, and indexing the Australian content on SourceWatch: “a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda”.
A great deal of work has been done by SourceWatch editor (and Australian journalist) Bob Burton, who is currently writing a book on the Australian PR industry.
SourceWatch is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit entries or create new ones.
mobias.tsd.net.au /index.php/sourcewatch-australia   (517 words)

  
 Sourcewatch.org - dKosopedia
SourceWatch is edited byBob Burton and a few others.
Unlike some other wikis, SourceWatch has a policy of strict referencing, and is overseen by a paid editor." [1]
A particular strength of SourceWatch is its dissection of bad frames, e.g.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Sourcewatch   (291 words)

  
 SourceWatch: A Hands-on Workshop in Citizen Journalism (Part 1) (A9) | Bioneers
SourceWatch: A Hands-on Workshop in Citizen Journalism (Part 1) (A9)
Join author/activist John Stauber, founder of the Center for Media and Democracy, as he and the staff of the center demonstrate how you can use SourceWatch, a powerful free tool for web-based investigative reporting.
SourceWatch enables activists and citizen journalists worldwide to collaborate in creating and updating articles on the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.
www.bioneers.org /node/297   (95 words)

  
 SourceWatch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SourceWatch's logo features a magnifying glass through which its name can be seen.
The stated SourceWatch policy for WikiWiki editors is "fairness and accuracy" rather than a neutral point of view policy.
Alan Caruba, a corporate public relations campaigner and vocal global warming denialist, writes "Source Watch is a project of the Center of Media and Democracy, a left-wing organization that devotes a lot of time to attacking the public relations profession in general and conservative writers in particular."
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SourceWatch   (451 words)

  
 Programming › Misc. Programming Utilities › SourceWatch 1.0 Free Downloads at Simtel.net
SourceWatch is a Microsoft Visual SourceSafe add-on that automatically notifies users via email of changes that have occurred in the VSS repository.
Using SourceWatch, development teams can increase productivity through real-time notifications, decrease potential for collisions, and provide a cost-effective way to manage changes in a fast-paced environment.
SourceWatch is simple to both install and use.
www.simtel.net /product.php[id]62710[SiteID]simtel.net   (249 words)

  
 WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Web 2.0 and the New Corporate Watchdogging
One of these tools is SourceWatch, recently launched by the nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy.
Whether SourceWatch will self-police remains to be seen, but the potential benefits -- the ability of a disperse community to maintain a robust and accessible encyclopedia of corporate activities -- seem to far outweigh those risks.
Posted by: Gil Friend on January 22, 2006 3:11 PM The launch of SourceWatch was actually in January 2003, which isn't very recent in Internet time.
www.worldchanging.com /archives/004025.html   (1265 words)

  
 Sourcewatch / wik-ed
What this wiki is for: Formerly known as Disinfopedia, SourceWatch
SourceWatch's primary focus is on documenting public relations firms
As many of you know, our world is undergoing a major transformation, and the twin trends of openness and transparency are changing everything.
www.socialtext.net /wik-ed/index.cgi?sourcewatch   (631 words)

  
 The Media Report: 29 September  2005  - Wikis, journalism and watching the PR industry
Sourcewatch is a small wiki that keeps an eye on the PR industry.
Bob Burton: Yes, well they launched it on a Friday morning, and the pulled the plug on a Sunday, and that was because they were being repeatedly vandalised by pornographic images being inserted.
Bob Burton: Well the origins of it are in terms of tracking, in investigating, and piecing together what the PR and lobbying industries do, how they do it, case studies, profiles on the individuals and organisations.
www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/stories/s1471019.htm   (1625 words)

  
 James E. Enstrom in his own words
It was originally written in the third person but has been changed to the first person with only minor editing and formatting changes.
"The impression given on SourceWatch's James E. Enstrom page is that my research has been inappropriately influenced by the organizations that have provided me with funding is entirely without merit.
The exaggeration of the health effects of passive smoking, particularly within in the US, is being driven by powerful US epidemiologists and organizations.
www.tobacco.org /news/236485.html   (442 words)

  
 Mike’s Points » Blog Archive » SourceWatch must think TV journalists are S-T-U-P-I-D!
Mike’s Points » Blog Archive » SourceWatch must think TV journalists are S-T-U-P-I-D! Mike’s Points
All views expressed here are strictly my own, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, clients and others I may work with.
SourceWatch must think TV journalists are S-T-U-P-I-D! November 27th, 2006 by Mike Driehorst
mikespoints.com /2006/11/27/sourcewatch-must-think-tv-journalists-are-s-t-u-p-i-d   (347 words)

  
 MediaLens :: View topic - The corporate courting of NGOs
Sourcewatch describe the interconnections between Worldwrite, LM and the Institute of Ideas, thus:
Reshmi Parag is a trustee of WORLDwrite, a British "youth education charity" with an anti-environmental agenda and close ties with the libertarian LM group.
Audacity.org www.audacity.org claims to be a "research company for construction industry professionals questioning the assumptions and limitations of British development".
www.medialens.org /forum/viewtopic.php?t=1856   (3647 words)

  
 SourceWatch(tm) Member Page - Copier Superstore.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
All Copier Superstore(tm) HTML has been protected, and is consistently monitored for infringement by SourceWatch.
All Copier Superstore(tm) Images have been protected, and are consistently monitored for infringement by SourceWatch.
SourceWatch monitors the Copier Superstore site for hypertext links and Graphic Image Links utilized by unauthorized sites.
www.sourcewatch.com /members/copiersuperstore.html   (109 words)

  
 M a r k D i l l e y: Andrew Marshall - SourceWatch
Organize - which is to say - learn how to get things done together that we can't get done alone.
Andrew Marshall - SourceWatch: "Andrew W. Marshall, 'the Pentagon's 81-year-old futurist-in-chief, fiddles with his security badge, squints, looks away, smiles, and finally speaks in a voice that sounds like Gene Hackman trying not to wake anybody.
Known as Yoda in defense circles, Marshall doesn't need to shout to be heard.
markdilley.blogspot.com /2006/07/andrew-marshall-sourcewatch.html   (187 words)

  
 THE WEEKLY SPIN, Let’s make some news
SourceWatch (www.sourcewatch.org) is an example of media democracy in action – an information source that is truly “of, by and for the people” who use it.
It has become a tool that journalists, activists and people like you are using to research and report on key issues such as media concentration and reform, democratic revitalization, environmental health and sustainability, the war in Iraq, corporate manipulation of government agencies, and the power and influence of right-wing special interest groups and lobbies.
Read the article, and judge for yourself what kind of job SourceWatch is doing at debunking and exposing hidden agendas.
www.williambowles.info /prwatch/ws_make_news.html   (659 words)

  
 Full Circle Online Interaction Blog: Propaganda techniques - SourceWatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Propaganda techniques - SourceWatch offers the a-b of propaganda techniques.
This is just one part of an amazing resource for people who want to get to the bottom of public issues.
Resources like SourceWatch are part of that solution.
www.fullcirc.com /weblog/2005/02/propaganda-techniques-sourcewatch.htm   (266 words)

  
 SourceWatch - WikiIndex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Welcome to SourceWatch, a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD)to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.
This page was last modified 17:01, 7 November 2006.
Logos are displayed here as Fair Use, with copyrights retained by their owners.
www.wikiindex.org /SourceWatch   (110 words)

  
 MemeStreams | MemeStreams Discussion
This page contains all of the posts and discussion on MemeStreams referencing the following web page: SourceWatch.
You can find discussions on MemeStreams as you surf the web, even if you aren't a MemeStreams member, using the Threads Bookmarklet.
Welcome to SourceWatch, a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.
www.memestreams.net /thread/bid24060   (145 words)

  
 PR Watch--The Weekly Spin (August 17, 2005)
Volunteer contributors continue to be the mainstay of SourceWatch, our open-source encylopedia of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.
SourceWatch (formerly the "Disinfopedia") is a "wiki," which means that anyone (including you) can edit existing articles or create new ones about the topics of your
In July approximately 1.86 million pages from SourceWatch were served to web users.
www.organicconsumers.org /Politics/prwatch081905.cfm   (2086 words)

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