readysetresearch: Fake News? Media Literacy!: Fact Checking

Checklists for Evaluating Sources

Great illustration summarizing what you need to do!

Checklists

Try each one and then choose one you like

Video - Evaluating Websites with the 5 Ws
5Ws Checklist & Worksheet
Print out & fill in for each resource

Web Page Evaluation Checklist
G9-12
Inside Outside ABCDE Template
Download, complete for each source to help you know what to look for. Use Fact Checking Sites to help you

Know Your Sources

Know Your Sources

Evaluating Sources
Full analyses of different types of resources. Great Infographic. Portland Community College.

Take a News Lit Quiz!

Should You Share It?
Take the quiz! The best way for you to help reduce misinformation online is to avoid sharing it. But can you tell the difference between social media posts that are false or misleading and those that are credible?
Sanitize Before You Share!
Infographic. 4 quick steps to stop the spread of misinformation. Use one of the sources below when verifying informaton. News Literacy Project

The Best Fact Checking Sites

Fake News & Fact Checking Sites

Site analyses/comments by By Dave Van Zandt – Editor – Media Bias Fact Check

FactCheck.org
A product of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this site is terrific for checking up on political claims.
Media Bias / Fact Check
Find out where your "news source" is ranked: Extreme Left, Left, Left Center, Center, Right Center, Right, Extreme Right
Science Feedback
Two seperate websites, Climate Feedback, which reviews climate related claims and Health Feedback, which reviews health and medical claims. Each fact checker holds a Ph.D. and has recently published articles in top-tier peer-reviewed science journals. This is by far the best fact checker for science related claims.
Ad Fontes Media
Good illustration of ratings. They rate the news for bias and reliability using a rigorous methodology and a politically balanced team of analysts.
AllSides
A site that presents news from the right, left, and center perspectives.
AP Fact Check
Fact-checking, accountability journalism and misinformation coverage from AP journalists around the globe.
Ballotpedia
"Ballotpedia is a nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers American federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy. Ballotpedia’s stated goal is “to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government.”
Gapminder
Gapminder identifies systematic misconceptions about important global trends and proportions and uses reliable data to develop easy to understand teaching materials to rid people of their misconceptions. Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious, or economic affiliations.
Lead Stories
Fact checker and hoax/rumor debunker that uses the International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers’ code of principles as a guide for all fact checking.
OpenSecrets
"Open Secrets is a nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, run by the Center for Responsive Politics, which is the nation’s premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Open Secrets are by far the best source for discovering how much and where candidates get their money. They also track lobbying groups and whom they are funding."
Politifact
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact researches the claims of politicians and checks their accuracy. Poynter Institute.
Reuters Fact Check
"an IFCN fact checker from the UK based Reuters. Reuters Fact Checks tends to focus on social media hoaxes and claims, however they also cover political statements. Reuters sources their fact checks with credible information. "

Videos to Watch

Fake News Questions

A few basic questions for the Beginning Investigator! Keep these in mind when watching or listening to media:

Who made this? Is there an author? an organization?
Who are they talking to--who is the target audience?
Who paid for this? Or, who gets paid if you click on this?
Who might benefit or be harmed by this message?
What is left out of this message that might be important?
Is this credible and what seems ridiculous (and what makes you think that)?

Gapminder

"Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious or economic affiliations. Gapminder is a fact tank, not a think tank. Gapminder fights devastating misconceptions about global development. Gapminder produces free teaching resources making the world understandable based on reliable statistics. Gapminder promotes a fact-based worldview everyone can understand. Gapminder collaborates with universities, UN, public agencies and non-governmental organizations."

Researсh Ethics: History & Principles

Researсh Ethics: History & Principles
Click for excellent infographic on research ethics