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Welcome to SourceWatch—your guide to the names behind the news. SourceWatch is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. A primary purpose of SourceWatch is documenting the PR and propaganda activities of public relations firms and public relations professionals engaged in managing and manipulating public perception, opinion and policy. SourceWatch also includes profiles on think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. Over time, SourceWatch has broadened to include others involved in public debates including media outlets, journalists and government agencies. Unlike some other wikis, SourceWatch has a policy of strict referencing, and is overseen by a paid editor. SourceWatch has 19,153 articles.

Spin Profiles is a website which contains an extensive collection of data on spin, propaganda, think tanks, front groups, PR consultancies, 'Fake Persuaders', industry friendly experts and corporate lobby groups. <tagcloud style="background: #FFFFDF;"> min_count=100 exclude=browse </tagcloud>

Propaganda, Conflict and War

Propaganda | Terror Experts and institutions | Neoconservative networks | Counterinsurgency

Regional conflicts

Israel Lobby | The Conflict in the North of Ireland | Iraq War 2003 | Targetting Iran | Middle East Watch | Focus on Latin America

Power Elites

• Corporations Transnational Corporations The organisations pushing corporate globalisation.
• Scotland: think tanks and lobbyists pushing corporate interests in Scotland.
• New Labour nexus: New labour and other market friendly think tanks in Britain.
• Corporate Power in Britain: the main corporate lobby groups in Britain.
• Who Rules America? A guide to the power networks of the USA.
• Private Military Contractors: A database of mercenary firms operating in Iraq.

Industry sectors

• Alcohol | Foodspin | Nuclear Spin | Big Pharma | Water Industry

Lobbying, Public relations and Spin

• Lobbying: How corporations and special interests pull strings | Corporate Memberships Database the lobby groups funded by the largest corporations | PR and lobbying consultancies client database: Check up on who PR and lobbying firms work for.

Can you help?

Spinprofiles is a collaborative venture initiated by Spinwatch in collaboration with Lobbywatch, GM Watch Red Star Research and Corporate Watch, but put into effect by a wide variety of volunteers and independent researchers. It can be made more effective if more people join the project. If you have research or writing skills or just spare time, you can help. Please get in touch.

Spinprofiles priorities

Priority profiles: a list of organisations that spin profiles would like contributors to help with.

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