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SourceWatch (formerly '''Disinfopedia''') describes itself as "a collaborative project that aims to produce a directory of Public Relations firms, 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 ." The stated SourceWatch policy for WikiWiki editors is "fairness and accuracy" rather than a group Center For Media And Democracy , lists Australia n journalist Bob Burton as SourceWatch editor. {Link without Title} Burton is the main contact for the project and provides a degree of oversight as an analyst on public relations. The directory is available on the web as a . Since the SourceWatch style is to often extensively quote other news articles, the SourceWatch article will, in many cases, have extensive external links. CRITICISM OF SOURCEWATCH Some critics believe SourceWatch has a Liberal or Left-wing outlook. Many of the project's investigative and critical articles are aimed and directed at prominent Conservative s, those that are right-of Center and Republican Party organizations and individuals. The website , the Educational Foundation Of America , the Carolyn Foundation , and the Foundation For Deep Ecology . In April 2001, the Village Voice in a review of Rampton and Stauber's book wrote: “These guys come from the far side of liberal. Saying so is not to detract from their exhaustively detailed reportage and calmly convincing tone; indeed, the book is generally light on rhetoric, and there's hardly a radical quoted. But the public stranglehold of corrupt experts is framed as a crisis of "democracy," which the authors see as not just freedom from having your mind messed with, but also a level of engagement that drives citizens to become their own experts.” {Link without Title} SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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