Fact Checking & SIFT Method

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.

While focused primarily on political facts, it covers specific claims in-depth and with plenty of cross-referencing.

Presents left, right, and center of news stories for readers to decide what information is most credible.

Created and maintained by the US Census Bureau. Very useful website for checking facts about US populations, economic conditions, health, crime, and more.

Blue Feed, Red Feed is a service of the Wall Street Journal.Shows unedited and unverified liberal and conservative Facebook content side by side.

OpenSecrets tracks money in the US politics and its effect on elections and public policy.

Reliable and up-to-date health information.

Uses a methodology to rate other media outlets on a scale which ranges from left bias to right bias.

A non-partisan website where internet users can check about e-rumors, warnings, offers, myths, hoaxes, virus warnings, and more.

Created and maintained by the US Central Intelligence Agency to provide information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportations, military, and transnational issues for 267 countries.