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Center for Media and Democracy: Characters, History & Standards

The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is a liberal nonprofit watchdog and advocacy organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. CMD publishes ExposedbyCMD.org, SourceWatch.org (formerly Disinfopedia), and ALECexposed.org.

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Center for Media and Democracy topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around Center for Media and Democracy.

Related topics
48
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
54
Extracted relationships
16
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
54

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 11 topics
Characterization · 10 topics
Funding · 9 topics
Online projects · 8 topics
Awards · 7 topics
Overview · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Location
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Abbreviation
CMD
Budget
$930,000 (2024)
Executive director
Arn Pearson
Formation
1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Purpose
Investigative journalism and advocacy journalism

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Overview

History

Characterization

Online projects

Funding

Awards

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How Center for Media and Democracy connects Entity context

The extracted context around Center for Media and Democracy shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Center for Media and Democracy → Center, Democracy, Internal Revenue Service, Media, Official, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer Another extracted example is Center for Media and Democracy → CMD. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Center for Media and Democracy

Top relations

related to External links · 6
Center for Media and Democracy → Center, Democracy, Internal Revenue Service, Media, Official, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Abbreviation · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → CMD
Budget · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → $930,000 (2024)
Executive director · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → Arn Pearson
Formation · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → 1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Location · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Purpose · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → Investigative journalism and advocacy journalism
Region served · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → United States
Staff · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → 5 (2025)
Type · 1
Center for Media and Democracy → Nonprofit organization

Important terminology

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Important terminology

cmd website wisconsin sourcewatch madison watchdog liberal exposedbycmd media org alec exposed center democracy organization progressive news referred journalism states

Center for Media and Democracy relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 16 structured relationships around Center for Media and Democracy. Examples in this analysis include Center for Media and Democracy → Abbreviation → CMD and Center for Media and Democracy → Budget → $930,000 (2024). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Center for Media and DemocracyAbbreviationCMD1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyBudget$930,000 (2024)1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyExecutive directorArn Pearson1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyFormation1993; 33 years ago (1993)1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyLocationMadison, Wisconsin, U.S.1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyPurposeInvestigative journalism and advocacy journalism1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyRegion servedUnited States1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyStaff5 (2025)1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyTypeNonprofit organization1.00infobox
Center for Media and DemocracyWebsitewww.exposedbycmd.org1.00infobox
Center for Media and Democracyrelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
Center for Media and Democracyrelated to External linksCenter0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Center for Media and Democracy bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Democracy, Media and Advocacy. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Center for Media and Democracy, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Center for Media and Democracy with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Center for Media and DemocracyHistory · splits 43 ⟂ 12
Center for Media and DemocracyCharacterization · splits 44 ⟂ 11
Center for Media and DemocracyFunding · splits 45 ⟂ 10
Center for Media and DemocracyOnline projects · splits 46 ⟂ 9
Center for Media and DemocracyAwards · splits 47 ⟂ 8
Center for Media and DemocracyOverview · splits 51 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Center for Media and Democracy

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples16
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Center for Media and Democracy to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Center for Media and Democracy · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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