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'''Watchdog.org''' is a network of ] news websites that feature reporting on state and local government from a ] perspective.<ref name=pew>{{cite web|last=Benton|first=Joshua,|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/07/pew-nonprofit-journalism-doesnt-mean-ideology-free/|title=Pew: Nonprofit journalism doesn’t mean ideology-free|publisher=]|date=July 18, 2011}}</ref> It is a project of the ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Peters|first=Justin|title=‘Serious, point-of-view journalism’?|url=http://www.cjr.org/swing_states_project/serious_point-of-view_journalism.php?page=all|work=Columbia Journalism Review|accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref> | |||
According to the Watchdog.org website, the organization's mission is "to restore oversight of our state governments, to hold politicians and bureaucrats at all levels accountable for their handling of taxpayers’ dollars and to promote individual liberty and free markets."<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://watchdog.org/about/|website=Watchdog.org|publisher=Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity|accessdate=4 June 2015}}</ref> | |||
Watchdog.org reports that it has state-based investigative reporters in more than 40 states.<ref name=about/> The network includes news outlets such as ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Craver|first1=Jack|title=Progressive group: It's obvious why Wisconsin Reporter is attacking investigation|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/jack_craver/progressive-group-it-s-obvious-why-wisconsin-reporter-is-attacking/article_64177d6a-6985-11e3-b47f-0019bb2963f4.html|accessdate=4 June 2015|publisher=The Capital Times|date=December 20, 2013}}</ref> | |||
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