Fake News - Strategies for Evaluating News Sources

A product of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this site is terrific for checking up on political claims.

Pulitzer Prize-winning fact checking site that tracks the accuracy of statements made by politicians.

One of the oldest debunking sites on the Internet, Snopes.com focuses on urban legends, news stories and memes. Sources are cited at the end of each debunking.

While focused primarily on political facts, it covers specific claims in-depth and with plenty of cross-referencing.

Double check image sources and see where they came from.

This website aggregates all of PolitiFact's verdicts on potentially fake news and supplies sources to back up their claims.

This wiki lists identified fake news sites that intentionally publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of the sites on this list use a URL that ends in .co or otherwise resembles genuine news outlets.

Zimdars is a media professor at Merrimack College and put this Google Doc together for her students to use during their research.

This site compiles a list of the most-frequently asked questions that their fact checkers receive. They list their verdicts on each claim and provide solid evidence to back up their decisions.

The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the highlights of what you might have missed.