Alas, Inability to secure funding stream axes NewsWatch.

‘On Tuesday, May 30,

NewsWatch.org, a daily media

criticism Web site run by The Center

for Media and Public Affairs, ceased

operations. Described by Smart

Computing as one of the “best

little-known Web sites,” on the Web,

NewsWatch.org was launched a year

and a half ago to serve as a

“consumer’s guide to the news.”

Rather than look at the inside stories

behind the day’s news – who was up,

who was down and who did what to

whom – NewsWatch focused on news

content, examining inaccuracies,

distortions, lack of context and other

controversies of interest to the

consumers as well as the producers

of news.’