Information Literacy 

Fact-Checking Resources

Snopes is an independent fact-checking website that validates or debunks urban legends, myths, rumors, and misinformation. Click HERE to visit Snopes.

Politifact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter. Click  HERE to visit Politifact.

Fact Check monitors the accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Click HERE to visit FactCheck.org. 

AllSides illuminates political bias in media and provides opportunity for news consumers to read articles from left, center, and right leaning media side-by-side. Click HERE to visit AllSides. 

Climate feedback is a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in climate change media coverage. Click HERE to visit Climate Feeback.

SciCheck focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy. Click HERE to visit SciCheck.

Open Secrets is a non-partisan, independent, and non-profit website run by The Center for Responsive Politics and tracks money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Click HERE to visit Open Secrets.

Videos 

How False News Can Spread (TED-Ed)

How To Choose Your News (TED-Ed)

How to Separate Fact From Fiction Online (TED)

How Fake News Does Real Harm

Additional Resources

Learn how to authenticate, analyze and evaluate information from a variety of sources and put current events in historical context through standards-aligned lesson plans, videos, primary sources, virtual classes and programs. Click HERE to visit 

Factitious is a game developed at American University to test the player’s skill at evaluating the credibility of a news story. Click HERE to take the text.

A guide to “information pollution” that covers everything from peer-reviewed articles about fake news, databases for finding credible information, and tips and tools for evaluating information. Click HERE to visit the Harvard Library “Fake News” LibGuide.

The free course illuminates methods of media manipulation with straightforward definitions and examples. Click HERE to visit Reuters.