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Media Literacy: Helpful Websites

Fact Checking Resources

FactCheck.org
A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Checks the accuracy of political statements and news.
 
PolitiFact
This site is a Pultizer Prize Winner, owned by the journalism school, the Poynter Institute. It checks and ranks political claims.
 
SciCheck
This site, based from the larger FactCheck.org, focuses on misleading or untrue scientific claims that are made by those trying to influence public policy.
 
Snopes
This award-winning fact-checking site has been around since 1995. It checks rumors, urban legends, and news.
 
Media Bias/Fact Check
This site works to call out biased or deceptive news and media practices.
 
Open Secrets
This site is run by the Center for responsive Politics, a nonpartisan and independent organization, which tracks money in U.S. politics.
 
Trusted News
This browser extension works for Chrome and identifies sites as trustworthy, biased, untrustworthy, and satire.
 
BS Detector
This browser extension works for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. It identifies fake and satirical news sites.
 
Fake News Alert
This browser extension works for Chrome and alerts you when you are on a fake news site.