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- Po Box 259010 Madison WI 53725-9010 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Environment, Health, Media & Communications, Printing & Publishing
Mission: An independent, non-profit, non-partisan, public interest organization focusing on investigating and countering spin by corporations, industries, and government agencies affecting our health, liberty, security, economic opportunities, environment, and the vitality of the democratic process.
Programs: The center for media and democracy publishes both sourcewatch and prwatch, which provide reporting and analysis of people, organizations, and issues in the news. Sourcewatch profiles the activities of front groups, pr spinners, industry-friendly experts, industry-funded organizations, and think tanks trying to influence public opinion on behalf of corporations or the government in an encyclopedic format that includes compilation of our original reporting. Prwatch profiles these same topics in the format of daily original reporting including references to research compiled in sourcewatch entries. Topics covered on sourcewatch and prwatch in 2014 included environmental, health, economic, and privacy issues.