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AllSides: News & issues from multiple perspectives.
American Press Institute: Six Questions That Will Tell You What Media to Trust
EasyBib: 10 Ways to Spot a Fake News Article
FactCheck.org: How to Spot Fake News
False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and "Satirical" News Sources:
By Merrimack College Communication Professor Melissa Zimdars
Forbes: A Scientific Approach to Distinguishing Real from Fake News
How to Recognize a Fake News Story
Media Bias/Fact Checking: Comprehensive media bias resource.
NPR: A Finder's Guide to Facts
NPR: Fake or Real? How to Self-Check the News & Get the Facts
Truth, Truthiness, Triangulation: A News Literacy Toolkit for a "Post-Truth" World: School Library Journal
Ten Questions for Fake News Detection*
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Center for News Literacy: Stony Brook University School of Journalism. Helps students develop critical thinking skills in order to judge the reliability and credibility of information.
CounterSpin: Weekly radio show that exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news, censored stories, and more.
FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: National media watch group offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship.
First Draft News: Dedicated to improving skills and standards in the reporting and sharing of information that emerges online.
The News Literacy Project: Works with educators and journalists to teach middle school and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age.
On The Media: Weekly investigation into how the media shapes our world view.
Poynter: Resource for anyone who aspires to engage and inform citizens in 21st Century democracies.
ProPublica: Independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
