News Resources: Fake News?

FactCheck.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan website produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. It monitors political news including ads, press releases, articles, speeches and interviews for factual accuracy.

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) is a forum for fact-checkers worldwide hosted by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

A fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims made by elected officials and others in the domain of American politics. PolitiFact is run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times.

A project of the Tampa Bay Times and Poynter Institute that is dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and others in media.

The snopes.com website founder, David Mikkelson, began the site in 1995 as an expression of his interest in researching urban legends. It has since grown and is received by many as a credible source; however, its information, as that of other resources, should always be corroborated with multiple sources.