News Sources: Misinformation, Fake News, and Separating Fact from Fiction: Avoid Fake News

How to Spot Fake News

News Media

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Fact-Check Websites

• -FactCheck

  A website aimed mainly at U.S. politics, but is nonpartisan.

• -PolitiFact

  A fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.

• -Snopes

  Resource for investigating internet rumors and urban legends.

• -Washington Post Fact Checker

• -Poynter International Fact-Checking Network

  The International Fact-Checking Network is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers worldwide.

Things to Look For

• -Always view information with a critical eye. Look up the claims that the news articles produces, as well as the organization and author publishing the story. 

• -Sometimes the way you phrase your search yields biased results. Even if an article might not confirm what you believe, the evidence might be true, and you shouldn't ignore it. 

• -Fake news can be found on various platforms, such as YouTube, Facebook, radio shows, images, articles, etc. 

• -Images and photographs can also be part of fake news. Sometimes they are edited or digitally manipulated. If you suspect a photo or image of being false, perform a reverse image search using Google or Tin Eye.

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