Evaluating Information
There is a tremendous amount of information online, but not all of it is reliable. Use these resources to help you learn how to evaluate information:
Some Fact Checking Sites:
Some Fact Checking Sites:
FactCheck
Monitors "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."
PolitiFact
PolitiFact
"Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy."
SciCheck
FactCheck.org’s SciCheck feature focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.
https://www.factcheck.org/scicheck/