Who We Are
Accuracy In Media is a non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage.
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Staff Members:
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Don Irvine, Chairman. Elected Chairman of the Board in 2003 he began working for AIM part-time when he was in high school and joined the organization full-time after his graduation from the University of Maryland in 1982. In addition to chairing the board, Mr. Irvine directs the day-to day operations of AIM. He has appeared on numerous radio programs as well as television appearances on CNBC and C-Span. Mr. Irvine is the author of The Daily Wrap blog on the AIM web site as well as producing a regular podcast for AIM. He lives with his wife and three children in suburban Maryland.
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Deborah Lambert, Director of Special Projects, oversees the area of fundraising and donor relations for AIM. She is also a board member of Accuracy In Academia and writes a column for AIA's monthly publication, Campus Report. A former antique dealer and freelance writer, she has served as AIM's Public Relations Director and producer of AIM's weekly TV show, The Other Side of the Story. Ms. Lambert was born and raised in Connecticut, and holds a B.A. in English from Columbia University.
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Charles Rozier, Captain, U.S. Navy (retired), Director of the Accuracy In Media/Allied Educational Foundation Speaker Bureau,volunteers his time at AIM because he believes that the mainstream media are biased, and Reed Irvine conscientiously searches for the truth. Mr. Rozier is a veteran of World War II and the Vietnam War (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Navy Commendation Medal). He is an alumnus of the U.S. Naval Academy, M.I.T. and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After serving in the regular navy for 29 years, Mr. Rozier worked as a systems analyst and engineering manager at TRW for 19 years.
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Roger Aronoff, Executive Secretary, Media Analyst, joined AIM in May of 1997 and has produced and written video documentaries for AIM that include Confronting Iraq and TWA 800: The Search for the Truth, which won the top prize in investigative journalism at the 2002 WorldFest, the prestigious Houston International Film Festival. Most recently, Aronoff produced and co-wrote the highly acclaimed documentary, Confronting Iraq (www.confrontingiraq.net). Other productions for AIM have included AIM's 30 Year War, a musical essay looking at the life and times of AIM, and Every Quarter Century, a tribute to AIM and its chairman, Reed Irvine. In addition Aronoff has produced live shows and news magazines for other organizations, including Judicial Watch and the Free Congress Foundation. A University of Texas graduate with a B.A. in History, Mr. Aronoff has worked as a freelance journalist in South Africa, a columnist for the Jewish Herald Voice, and as a producer of syndicated radio and TV musical/variety programs.
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Mercedes M. Amaya, Mailroom Manager, joined AIM in 1993. She currently handles all the inquiries of AIM online store's customers and contributes her creativity to design original AIM buttons for various conferences and trade shows. A native of Ecuador, Mrs. Amaya lives with her husband and two children in suburban Maryland.
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Cliff Kincaid, serves as editor of the Accuracy in Media (AIM) Report. A veteran journalist and media critic, Cliff concentrated in journalism and communications at the University of Toledo, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and came to Washington through a national journalism program headed by conservative author and journalist M. Stanton Evans. At his college newspaper, Cliff won an award for editorial writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. AIM chairman Reed Irvine hired Cliff as an intern and then a staffer in 1978. Cliff has been associated with AIM in some capacity ever since. Cliff has appeared on the Fox News programs Hannity & Colmes and The O'Reilly Factor, where he debated O'Reilly on global warming, the death penalty, and the homosexual agenda. He was a guest co-host on CNN's Crossfire (filling in for Pat Buchanan) in the 1980s, where he confronted the then-Libyan Ambassador to the U.N. with evidence of Libyan involvement in international terrorism. Through his America's Survival, Inc., organization (www.usasurvival.org), he has been an advocate on behalf of the families of victims of terrorism and has published reports and held conferences critical of the United Nations. Cliff contributes to the American Legion Magazine and appears regularly as a Washington contributor on the "For the People" Liberty Broadcasting program. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Washington Times, Chronicles, Human Events, Insight, and other publications. He served on the staff of Human Events for several years and was an editorial writer and newsletter editor for former National Security Council staffer Oliver North at his Freedom Alliance educational foundation. He has written or co-authored nine books on media and cultural affairs and foreign policy issues. Cliff is married and has three sons.
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Sarah Schaerr Norton, Director of Public Relations, handles PR, marketing and media relations for AIM. She also coordinates the American Journalism Center internship program. She first worked at AIM part-time during high school and joined the organization full-time in 2006 after graduating from Brigham Young University. She previously organized AIA’s summer Conservative University conferences and wrote for the Campus Report newsletter. Ms. Norton holds a B.A. in French from BYU and lives in Maryland with her husband.
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