Publication

The term "monitoring the media" has become so politicized in the United States that we instantly assume it has something to do with the obvious or ridiculous notion – depending on your political orientation – that there’s a liberal media bias. But there are many other reasons to monitor the media, whether it’s to track the way the media influences events or to track the treatment of journalists working at huge corporate behemoths. While the Web has given numerous media watchdogs global reach, two groups in particular are using the Internet’s reach and interactivity to bring international attention to issues that might have languished.