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.”
HONCode (hon.ch/HONcode)
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.
Media Research Center (mrc.org)
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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:
In 2018 they announced a rating system that will assess news as accurate, debatable, misleading, clear bias, and fake news.
Accuracy in Media (aim.org)
Accuracy in Academia (academia.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
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.
Common Cause (commoncause.org)
Judicial Watch is a conservative American watchdog organization that monitors and reports on legal issues in the media. Their work is overwhelmingly anti-transgender.
Judicial Watch (judicialwatch.org)
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.”
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.
YouTube personalities mentioned include:
Lewis, Rebecca (September 18, 2018). Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube. Data & Society https://datasociety.net/library/alternative-influence/ [PDF]
Data & Society (datasociety.net)
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Medium (medium.com)
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
The following organizations monitor and report on media coverage.
Second Nexus is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues.
Second Nexus (secondnexus.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.”
Kiely, Eugene (July 26, 2017). Trump and Transgender Service Members. https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/trump-transgender-service-members/
FactCheck.org (factcheck.org)
Politifact is an American media watchdog organization that monitors and reports on media issues.
Politifact (politifact.com)