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- MediaChannel.org - A media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide.

- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)

Electoral Information

- Guide for Citizens - learn more about financing campaigns for federal office, the rules and regulations pertaining to this process, or elections and voting in general. From the Federal Election Commission

How to Research Corporations

- CorpWatch - comprehensive resource focusing on holding coroporations accountable

- The Corporate Library - "a central repository for research, study and critical thinking about the nature of the modern global corporation, with a special focus on corporate governance and the relationship between company management, their boards and their shareowners." [source]

- Corporate Dirt Archives - from the Corporate Accountability Project

- CEO Compensation Index by Company - Click on a company name to find the CEO's total compensation and to see how it compares to your and other workers' earnings. From the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

- How to Track Down Executive Pay - researching proxy statements. From the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

- Search the EDGAR database at the Securities & Exchange Commission website to find corporate filings. (10-K reports, if available, are generally fairly complete and will often list corporate subsidiaries. If you're looking for a company with multiple words in its name, make sure to use ADJ in-between words. For example, "General ADJ Electric".) Use the Customized Forms Selection if you need to search for specific things (for example, shareholder proxies are under DEF).

- Washington Post Corporate Financial Search - from the Washington Post

YourOwnPrivateEye.com - General info-finding tips

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