Evaluating News |
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NewseumED | ESCAPE Fake News : Evidence, Source, Context, Audience, Purpose, Execution |
Is This Story Share-Worthy? with Infographic | |
Media Literacy Booster Pack | |
How Savvy Are your Students? 7 Fake Websites to Really Test Their Evaluation Skills | List of fake websites |
Fact Check Sites |
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Snopes.com | The #1 fact checking source |
FactCheck.org | They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. |
AllSides | Balanced news: From the right, the left, and from the center |
Red Feed, Blue Feed | Side by side presentation of Facebook items--liberal vs. conservative |
Real or Satire? | Paste in your url to discover whether it's a real or satire site. (Satire makes fun of a person or event and makes them seem ridiculous.) |
Fake News Sites Uncovered |
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Snopes.com, a fact-checking site, identifies many of the culprits who are creating fake news. | |
FakeNewsWatch.com | Lists of sites considered to be Fake News |
Media Bias Ratings from Allsides |
See the ratings for all media |
Activities |
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Factitious.com | Factitious was developed by the American University JoLT team to playfully show how to detect fake news. Test your skill! |
Free Yourself from Your Filter Bubble Ted Talk | How to step outside of your bubble to read and understand other points of view |