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• - Survey of broadcast programming finds very little local or community oriented programs. 1998 survey by the Media Access Project & Benton Foundation.
  
• - Home of Robert McChesney, writer, professor and media-access advocate who is critical of corporate concentration and control of media.
  
• - Weekly syndicated column on media and politics, including coverage of media consolidation and its implications. From Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
  
• - A non-profit, public interest law firm which promotes the public's First Amendment right to hear and be heard on the electronic media.
  
• - Media reform organization promoting policies to produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector. Includes how to help, a list of organizations, and a calendar of events.
  
• - PBS Frontline coverage of the facts behind the movie The Insider, regarding the 60 Minutes self-censorship of the tobacco industry story.
  
• - Website sponsored by trade organization National Association of Broadcasters to publicize public service contributions of broadcast industry.
  
• - Non-profit organization committed to investigative journalism, analysis, civic participation. Produces "Making Contact" radio program available online.