Fake News

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

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

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

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.

This division of Factcheck.org is specifically dedicated to fact checking science claims.

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

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

One of America's premier parodic news sites.

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

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.

The Poynter Institute develops resources for journalists and writers, plus offers resources on fact checking and media literacy for the general public.

This resource from the Poynter Institute is intended to help journalists verify digital content for emergency coverage. This is a definitive guide to doing your own sleuthing to find out if something is real or fake.

All Sides says that its mission is to: "expose bias and provide multiple angles on the same story so you can quickly get the full picture, not just one slant."

All Sides displays the same news stories from multiple news outlets (along with their rating of their conservative or liberal bias). This is a great way to learn how the same story is reported differently in different outlets.