As the media watches the world we watch the media.
Profile:
- Independent non-profit media watchdog organization that is not controlled by the government.
- International organization whose headquarter is located in Brynnland, but several other branch offices are spread around Eutropia
- Heads of the organization: Ellen DeGeneres and James Fox
- Apart from the three branches legislative, executive and judiciary, a fourth branch seems to exist, which marks more and more the public discourse about politics, economy and society: the media. We as fifth branch supervise and criticize the fourth branch of media.
- We think that in a democracy the freedom of press is one of the highest values.
- We want to enforce a critical self-reflection of the media business in form of media journalism.
Our goals:
- We want to…
…reveal hidden truths, e.g. corruptions
…protect the public´s rights to know
…crosscheck information (sources and factcheck)
…see the importance of reliable sources critically
…bring balance to the news media
…cover a wide range of topics
…expose tactics used to intimidate journalists or governments
...appeal to the people´s sense of consciousness
… make the steady growing sector of media more comprehensible or at least give people an overview
…take care of that the press sticks to the journalistic norms
… protect with special effort human rights of journalists
…take care of that journalists are not censored by governments
…prevent journalists from disturbing the public privacy
Our strategies:
- We might…
...publicize our investigations (about abuses or violations) that we learned about in weekly reports
...maintain a regular dialogue with reporters at news outlets
...encourage the public to contact media with their concerns, to become media activists rather than passive consumers of news
The document is subject to alterations at any time. Our actions will depend on the recent events.
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