Media reform/accuracy

Inaccuracies in media reports can be caused by
 * incompetence
 * corporate bias
 * personal bias
 * failing to verify claims of sources
 * failing to document, question, or otherwise critically analyze sources
 * failing to avoid or document conflicts of interest
 * sloppy work under deadline pressure
 * deliberate falsehoods

Watchdogs and Media Critics

 * Accuracy in Media, a right-leaning media critic group
 * Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, a left-leaning media critic group
 * MediaLens, "correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media"
 * Media Transparency, "the money behind the media"
 * spinsanity, "countering rhetoric with reason"
 * Spin of the Day, PR Watch's "Daily reporting on Public Relations, Propaganda, and Media Spin"