Institute for Public Accuracy

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The Institute for Public Accuracy is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that encourages mainstream media outlets to interview progressive scholars and policy analysts.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.accuracy.org/about-us/|publisher=Institute for Public Accuracy|accessdate=16 December 2015}} It was founded in 1997 by Norman Solomon, who served as executive director until 2010. Its communications director is Sam Husseini, who was suspended by the National Press Club for asking a Saudi official what was perceived as a loaded question, although the club later reversed its decision.{{cite news|last1=Byers|first1=Dylan|title=National Press Club withdraws suspension|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2011/11/national-press-club-withdraws-suspension-041082|accessdate=17 December 2015|publisher=Politico|date=November 27, 2011}}

In 2001, Scott Ritter was sponsored by the Institute to go to Baghdad to make a film about it.{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Scott Ritter: Case against Iraq is speculation - September 13, 2002 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/09/13/ritter.cnna/index.html?related |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=CNN}}

In 2002, the organization hosted actor Sean Penn on a tour of Iraq.{{cite news|last1=Martinez|first1=Barbara E.|title=NAMES &|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/12/14/names-38/4f283b05-b1fa-4d42-b400-e5e129c7fd66/|accessdate=17 December 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=December 14, 2002}}{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=John|title=Actor Follows His Own Script on Iraq and War|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/16/international/middleeast/16PENN.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate=17 December 2015|work=New York Times|date=December 16, 2002}}

The organization publishes ExposeFacts.org, which conducts campaigns aimed at encouraging corporate whistleblowers “to shed light on concealed activities that are relevant to human rights, corporate malfeasance, the environment, civil liberties and war.”{{cite news|last1=Clines|first1=Francis X.|title=An Ad Campaign for Whistleblowers|url=http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/an-ad-campaign-for-whistleblowers/|accessdate=17 December 2015|work=New York Times|date=July 9, 2014}}