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Fact Checking Sites
Fact checking sites do the work for you. These are great to use in one of the evaluation strategies listed above or as quick sanity check for some strange story you see on the internet.
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AP Fact CheckFact checking website from the Associated Press. Focused on current news.
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FactCheck.orgFact checking website run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Politifact"PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter. PolitiFact is part of the Poynter Institute." (From Poynter Institute website)
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SnopesLong running and highly regarded. Snopes covers everything from memes and urban legends to current news and politics.
Media Bias Detection Tools
Although most major news sources employ rigorous fact checking on articles they publish, many also have political bias. These websites can be used to check bias of news sources.
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AllSides Media BiasHome of the Media Bias Ratings (TM) and Media Bias Chart (TM)
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Fair.orgFAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
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Media Bias/Fact CheckUses a comprehensive, weighted scoring system to evaluate political, social, and journalistic dimensions.
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NewsGuardBrowser extension that provides reliability ratings for news and information websites