Leslie J. Savage Library: Tools

A media bias resource with several thousand media sources listed in their database. Gives background on source, bias rating, and the level of factual reporting.

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.

"Dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media."

Dedicated to examining the facts and claims behind a story to determine whether or not it is true. It could be something you think is deliberately misleading, or a story in the news or on social media which just doesn't look right.

NPR's fact checking page.

Nonpartisan, nonprofit. Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, & news releases.

Provides resources designed to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular.

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

Climate Feedback is a worldwide network of scientists who collectively assess the credibility of influential climate change media coverage. Each reviewer holds a Ph.D. and has recently published articles in top-tier peer-reviewed science journals.

Non-profit, non-partisan. From Howard University’s Department of Media, Journalism and Film in the School of Communications. Examines claims about the black community in public debate.

"The Truth Behind The Rhetoric." Learn about their rating scale: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/about-the-fact-checker/

From the Wall Street Journal. See Liberal Facebook and Conservative Facebook, Side by Side.

A browser extension that alerts users to unreliable news sources.

"The snopes.com website was founded by David Mikkelson, who lives and works in the Los Angeles area. What he began in 1995 as an expression of his interest in researching urban legends has since grown into what is widely regarded by folklorists, journalists, and laypersons alike as one of the World Wide Web’s essential resources."

This website records the investigatory work of Garson O’Toole who diligently seeks the truth about quotations.

First Draft fights mis- and disinformation through fieldwork, research and education.

Elsevier defines article retraction as: "[i]nfringements of professional ethical codes, such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or the like. [Also]... used to correct errors in submission or publication."

"Wolfram Alpha is more than a search engine. It gives you access to the world's facts and data and calculates answers across a range of topics, including science, nutrition, history, geography, engineering, mathematics, linguistics, sports, finance, music..."

Locations of hate groups. "This list was compiled using hate group publications and websites, individual and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports. Groups that appear in the center of states represent statewide groups."

Database of Extremist Groups. Provides locations, ideologies, history, and details of mis/dis-information.

Find out which sites link to the site you are evaluating.