Accuracy in Media (AIM) is a conservative American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues.
AIM was founded in 1969 by Reed Irvine and has several programs critical of what they consider liberal news bias. They also bestow an annual Reed Irvine Award to media figures whose work promotes conservative viewpoints in the media.
Recipients include:
Jeanine Pirro
Chris Plante
Rep. Lamar Smith (R.-Texas)
Bill Gertz
Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Catherine Herridge
Jim Hoft
Sharyl Attkisson
Dana Loesch
U.S. Navy Capt. Charles Rozier
Tucker Carlson
Kenneth R. Timmerman
Andrew Breitbart
Marc Morano
M. Stanton Evans
Karl S. Denninger
Lee Edwards
Michelle Malkin
Mark M. Alexander
Harry MacDougald
Paul Boley
In 2018 they announced a rating system that will assess news as accurate, debatable, misleading, clear bias, and fake news.
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.
Judicial Watch is a conservative American watchdog organization that monitors and reports on legal issues in the media. Their work is overwhelmingly anti-transgender.
Data & Society is an independent nonprofit research organization which aims to “advance public understanding of the social and cultural implications of data-centric technologies and automation.”
2018 YouTube report
In 2018, Rebecca Lewis released a report on a network of YouTube accounts that uplifted people and channels associated with the alt-right or “reactionary right” movement. The report was focused on white nationalism and far-right extremism, but the same “mainstream” conservative accounts have frequently been involved in laundering anti-transgender extremism into mainstream media.
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.”
Snopes is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues. It is specifically concerned with debunking urban legends and false rumors that spread online.
Credder is an American media monitoring organization that reviews media content. They believe that “news should compete for credibility, not clicks.”
They offer a two-tier rating system similar to film rating site Rotten Tomatoes, where verified critics and users review media, which then gets a fresh or a rotten tomato.
Credder uses cheddar:
Gold Cheese is featured next to articles, authors, and outlets with a rating of 60% or higher.
Moldy Cheese is featured next to articles, authors, and outlets with a rating of 59% or less.
Browser extension
Credder has a browser extension similar to NewsGuard’s two-tier rating system that shows the applicable rating of an article or outlet.
