Another good examle is the animal rights group SAEN, which is a one man outfit rrun by Michael Budkie, which almost always describes itself as a watchdog group in presss releases.

http://speakingofresearch.com/2009/08/13/federal-agencies-rebut-budkies-misrepresentatio-of-scientific-research/

Like “Stem Cell Watch” Budkie often makes allegations of fraud against research institutions, based on his misrepresentation of the contents of official documents he obtains by FOI.

What is worrying is how often journalists fall for the lies told by these faux-watchdog groups, though to be fair the limp responses by some of the research institutions targeted doesn’t help (see http://speakingofresearch.com/2010/09/08/speaking-up-who-does-%E2%80%98no-comment%E2%80%99-work-for/).

Perhaps it’s not that surprising that other marginal causes are adopting the same tactics.