{"id":35,"date":"2017-02-11T23:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T23:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/chapter\/fact-checking-sites\/"},"modified":"2020-03-17T19:52:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T19:52:24","slug":"fact-checking-sites","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/chapter\/fact-checking-sites\/","title":{"raw":"Fact-checking Sites","rendered":"Fact-checking Sites"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Some Reputable Fact-Checking Organizations<\/h2>\nThe following organizations are generally regarded as reputable fact-checking organizations focused on U.S. national news:\n<ul>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/\">Politifact<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/\">Factcheck.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/fact-checker\/\">Washington Post Fact Checker<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/\">Snopes<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/truthbetold.news\/category\/fact-checks\/\">Truth be Told<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/politics-fact-check\">NPR Fact-Check<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/eldetectordementiras.com\/\">Lie Detector<\/a><\/em> (Univision, Spanish language)<\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/\">Hoax Slayer<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRespected specialty sites cover niche areas such as climate or celebrities. Here are a few examples:\n<ul>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/climatefeedback.org\/\">Climate Feedback<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/scicheck\/\">SciCheck<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/\">Quote Investigator<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThere are many fact-checking sites outside the U.S. Here is a small sample:\n<ul>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/factscan.ca\/\">FactsCan<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Canada)<\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trudeaumetre.ca\/\">TrudeauMetre<\/a> <\/em>(Canada)<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milenio.com\/poligrafo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>El Pol\u00edgrafo<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Mexico)<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animalpolitico.com\/elsabueso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Hound<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Mexico)<\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/reality-check\">Guardian Reality Check <\/a><\/em>(UK)<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bbc.co.uk\/realitycheck\"><em>BBC Reality Check<\/em><\/a> (UK)<\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.channel4.com\/factcheck\/\">Channel 4 Fact<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.channel4.com\/factcheck\/\"> Check <\/a>(UK)<\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fullfact.org\/\">Full Fact<\/a> <\/em>(UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h2>Some Reputable Fact-Checking Organizations<\/h2>\n<p>The following organizations are generally regarded as reputable fact-checking organizations focused on U.S. national news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/\">Politifact<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/\">Factcheck.org<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/fact-checker\/\">Washington Post Fact Checker<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/\">Snopes<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/truthbetold.news\/category\/fact-checks\/\">Truth be Told<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/politics-fact-check\">NPR Fact-Check<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/eldetectordementiras.com\/\">Lie Detector<\/a><\/em> (Univision, Spanish language)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/\">Hoax Slayer<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Respected specialty sites cover niche areas such as climate or celebrities. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/climatefeedback.org\/\">Climate Feedback<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/scicheck\/\">SciCheck<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/\">Quote Investigator<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many fact-checking sites outside the U.S. Here is a small sample:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/factscan.ca\/\">FactsCan<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Canada)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trudeaumetre.ca\/\">TrudeauMetre<\/a> <\/em>(Canada)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milenio.com\/poligrafo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>El Pol\u00edgrafo<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Mexico)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animalpolitico.com\/elsabueso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Hound<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Mexico)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/reality-check\">Guardian Reality Check <\/a><\/em>(UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bbc.co.uk\/realitycheck\"><em>BBC Reality Check<\/em><\/a> (UK)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.channel4.com\/factcheck\/\">Channel 4 Fact<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.channel4.com\/factcheck\/\"> Check <\/a>(UK)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fullfact.org\/\">Full Fact<\/a> <\/em>(UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[47],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-35","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-standard"],"part":28,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/35\/revisions\/36"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/28"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/35\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/webliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}