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Judicial Watch is a conservative American watchdog organization that monitors and reports on legal issues in the media. Their work is overwhelmingly anti-transgender.

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Judicial Watch (judicialwatch.org)

Common Cause is an American nonprofit organization.

Common Cause is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process.

Mission statement via commoncause.org

Media activism

Their role as a media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues primarily involves internet access and net neutrality. They are also critics of media consolidation and advocate for freedom of the press. They are not specifically focused on transgender issues.

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Common Cause (commoncause.org)

Media Research Center (MRC) is a conservative American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues.

MRC states their goal is “to expose and neutralize the propaganda arm of the Left: the national news media.”

Their transgender coverage is overwhelmingly gender-critical.

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Media Research Center (mrc.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Health On the Net is a Swiss media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues related to health. Their HONcode rating system certifies sites which HON determines are “reliable, transparent and ethical health information.”

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HONCode (hon.ch/HONcode)

On the Media is an American media watchdog audio program that monitors and reports on media issues.

Their coverage of transgender topics in the media has been minimal.

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On the Media (wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm)

Media Bias/Fact Check (MB/FC) is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues.

Owner Dave Van Zandt divides organizations based on non-scientific criteria into five political categories:

  • Left
  • Left-Center
  • Least Biased
  • Right-Center
  • Right

Other categories include:

  • Pro-Science
  • Conspiracy-Pseudoscience
  • Questionable Sources
  • Satire
  • Retired/Offline

He also rates organizations based on six Factual/Sourcing scores:

  • Very High
  • High
  • Mostly Factual
  • Mixed
  • Low
  • Very low

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Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)

FactCheck.org is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues. It’s a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.

Their stated mission is to “monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.”

Transgender issues

Kiely, Eugene (July 26, 2017). Trump and Transgender Service Members. https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/trump-transgender-service-members/

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FactCheck.org (factcheck.org)

Second Nexus is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues.

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Second Nexus (secondnexus.com)

Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues.

The organization became less active around 2014 and has apparently been inactive since 2016.

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Center for Media and Public Affairs (cmpa.gmu.edu)

Allsides is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues. They present news topics clustered by three points of view: center, left, and right.

With some exceptions, gender critical viewpoints become more frequent based on how conservative the publication is.

Media Bias Chart

According to their 2019 Media Bias Chart version 1.1, these are their ratings for top online media outlets.

Left

Lean Left

Center

Lean right

Right

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Allsides (allsides.com)