Mother Jones advertises itself as smart, fearless journalism. In the mission statement found on the journals website, it says the Mother Jones produces revelatory journalism that seeks to inform and inspire a more just and democratic world.

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Jon Rude

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A Journal of Value

Of all mothers, Mother Jones advertises itself as "smart, fearless journalism." If only we all had mothers who looked this deeply through current events. This is a unique journal which holds itself to high standards in both a journalistic and moral sense. As the website says, they look for articles that are "Hard-hitting, investigative reports exposing government cover-ups, corporate malfeasance, scientific myopia, institutional fraud or hypocrisy, etc." It's a journal that likes to get facts, shocking facts, about what people care about.

The pages of the journal are ridden with ads devoted to the environment and environmentally concerned companies. Even financial investors advertize themselves as "green" investors (pg3). A cigarette company has an entire page add with "Natural" as their larges printed word. Educational institutions also claim add space that contributes to the worldly responsibility saying "change yourself, change the world" (pg 21). By using the adds in this journal alone, you could help end animal cloning (pg. 33), drink organic coffee (pg 32), invest in economically sensitive companies (pg 25), get information about fixing your pet (pg 21), and even discover how to take