LibGuides: Disinformation and Fake News: Fact Checking

FCU -- Fact Checkers Unit

Fact Checking Tools and Sites

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This is merely a list of fact checking sites. No endorsement is implied. As with any site you use, make sure you evaluate the information it provides by consulting more than one source.

AP (Associated Press) Fact Check Fact-checking and accountability journalism from Associated Press journalists around the globe.
BBC News Reality Check Sifts through news stories in order to provide information on what is factual while also investigating claims made by people and organizations.
Duke Reporters' Lab An online database of global fact checking sites. As of April 2020 there are links to 237 active fact-checkers in 80 countries.
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The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Their projects focus on fact-checking, but they also do occasional research about trust in the news media and other topics.
FactCheck.Org FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania and is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. It monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.
Hoax-Slayer The stated goal of the Hoax-Slayer Website is to help make the Internet a safer, more pleasant and more productive environment by: - Debunking email and Internet hoaxes - Thwarting Internet scammers - Educating web users about email and Internet security issues - Combating spam
New York Times Fact Checks A searchable databases that contains analysis of statements and claims made by politicians and evaluation of their veracity.
Politifact Rates accuracy of statements and claims made by politicians and others.
Snopes Snopes.com’s fact checking and original, investigative reporting provides evidence-based and contextualized analysis. They document our sources where possible so readers are empowered to do independent research and make up their own minds.
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Washington Post Fact Checker The purpose of this website, and an accompanying column in the Sunday print edition of The Washington Post, is to “truth squad” the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local. It’s a big world out there, and so we rely on readers to ask questions and point out statements that need to be checked.