Notre Dame High School Library - News - Fact-Checking and Bias
Fact-checking Sites:
Snopes
@snopes
PolitiFact
@PolitiFact
FactCheck.org
@factcheckdotorg
Reuters Fact Check
Fact Check Explorer (from Google)
Tools to Help You Identify Reliable Sources and Bias:
NewsGuard
@NewsGuardRating
Media Bias Chart - Vanessa Ortero and Ad Fontes Media
AllSides
Fact-checking Tips:
Read the same news story from many different sources (read laterally) and try to verify facts from multiple sources.
Google News
Check the domain name registration (check the name of the person or company who created the URL as well as how long the URL has existed).
who.is
Use reverse image search to verify: other places a photo appears, if an image has been altered, and/or if a photo is being use out of context.
Google Images (here's a video tutorial from PBS LearningMedia)
TinEye
Snopes
@snopes
PolitiFact
@PolitiFact
FactCheck.org
@factcheckdotorg
Reuters Fact Check
Fact Check Explorer (from Google)
Tools to Help You Identify Reliable Sources and Bias:
NewsGuard
@NewsGuardRating
Media Bias Chart - Vanessa Ortero and Ad Fontes Media
AllSides
Fact-checking Tips:
Read the same news story from many different sources (read laterally) and try to verify facts from multiple sources.
Google News
Check the domain name registration (check the name of the person or company who created the URL as well as how long the URL has existed).
who.is
Use reverse image search to verify: other places a photo appears, if an image has been altered, and/or if a photo is being use out of context.
Google Images (here's a video tutorial from PBS LearningMedia)
TinEye