Fake News: Fact Checking Resources

A product of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this site is terrific for checking up on political claims.

A professional networking website where you can look up the authors of articles and books to see if they're credible.

From the nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics, the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact researches the claims of politicians and checks their accuracy.

Focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.

One of the oldest debunking sites on the Internet, Snopes.com focuses on urban legends, news stories and memes. the also cite their sources at the end of each debunking.

Add this plug in to your Chrome browser and it will tell you when a news story has been debunked.

From humorist Andy Borowitz, a column parodizing and commenting on current news trends

NOTE: This list is not exhaustive and may be updated at any time. A compiled list of fake news sites to watch out for.

Mercola is a doctor of osteopathy who has frequently been targeted by the FDA for promoting false, misleading and even dangerous medical advice. His site promotes products and his blog includes false and/or misleading information about medical topics.

Professor Zimdars' original list and criteria, with updates and addenda.

One of America's premier parodic news sites.

About a fake story which was treated as real news. Traces some of the pipeline for developing and distributing fake news

About Jestin Coler, who began creating and distributing fake news in 2013.

Many students cannot tell fake news from real news.

An examination of claims made by The Food Babe, with pointed analysis by professor Kevin Folta of the University of Florida

From a single Tweeter with 35 friends to being shared over 400,000 times through various forums, this article traces a Tweet made November 9th, 2016.