Reply #17: You should check out Conservative Transparency, part of Media Matters Action Network, for more info:

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http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/

This is SourceWatch's page on Conservative Transparency, which they consider a complement to their own Front Groups portal and astroturf information:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Conservative_Transparency

Link to their Front Groups portal -- look at that list of groups, each a link to a page with more information:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Front_Groups

Link to their page on astroturfing:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Astroturf


Media Matters Action Network is of course part of Media Matters for America, which was founded by David Brock. His book Blinded by the Right is fascinating reading. This is a link to Bill Press's review at CNN.com:

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/04/02/column.billpress/