Institute for Public Accuracy
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The Institute for Public Accuracy is a Washington, D.C.
-based organization that encourages mainstream news media to interview alternative sources. It was founded in 1997 by Norman Solomon
, who serves as executive director; its communications director is Sam Husseini
.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
-based organization that encourages mainstream news media to interview alternative sources. It was founded in 1997 by Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist, and current candidate for the United States House of Representatives. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting...
, who serves as executive director; its communications director is Sam Husseini
Sam Husseini
Sam Husseini is a writer and political activist. He is the communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a D.C.-based nonprofit group that promotes progressive experts as alternative sources for mainstream media reporters...
.