CBS newsman Dan Rather says "core American values" - including the freedom of the press - are being undermined by the wave of patriotism which has swept the US since 11 September.

Kurt Nimmo critizises the lack of investigative journalism in the US mainstream media. Counterpunch, US.

Action alerts and advisories, counter spin, media beat and web resources. Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. USA.

Comment on the moral responsibility of journalists and the meaning of the term "patriotism" in the aftermath of September 11. Counterpunch, US.

Commentary on US media and White House press conferences. The Guardian, UK.

Ongoing special report of the worldwide media response and coverage: the news, comment and analysis; the press, broadcasting and online coverage; the effects on the media. Daily roundup of worldwide press coverage. Complete archive and picture galleries. UK.

An online index, by the National Coalition Against Censorship.

Report analysing September 11 related websites and the reactions of the online community on the attacks, by Pew Internet & American Life Project. [html and pdf]

Strategies for influencing the media.

Identifies specific rumors as true; false; undetermined or ambigous veracity; of indeterminate origin.

Discusses the intellectual level of mainstream media and the profit interests of the media. By John Stanton and Wayne Madsen for CounterPunch. US.

Reports, commentary and resources from the global MediaChannel network.