Fact-checking - GLBC 1200 - Leading the Way - LibGuides at Webster University

11 tools to verify that online info (Julie Smith)
FactCheck.org
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." (website)
Global fact-checking sites (Duke U.)
"...tracks more than 100 non-partisan organizations around the world..." (website)
Politifact
"...a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics." (website)
SciCheck
A website that "focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy." (website)
Snopes.com
Well-known fact-checking site.

Web literacy for student fact-checkers (Mike Caulfield)
Outlines four steps in the fact-checking process:
1. Check for previous work
2. Go upstream to the source
3. Read laterally
4. Circle back
Teaching digital rhetoric in the age of fake news: Media literacy and source evaluation in the first-year writing classroom (Elizabeth Fleitz)
The author suggests using the following steps in evaluating an online information source:
1. Assess your emotional reaction.
2. Consider the source.
3. Cross-check information.
4. Use a fact-checking website.
Fake news: To beat your enemy, get to know them (Nelson Graves)
Tips to help identify fake news stories.

GLBC 1200 - Leading the Way