How to Tell Real News from Fake News

Type in the name of a newspaper, website or other news source to find out whether it is biased, accurate, fake or real.

16 really good tips for evaluating news sources

6 good tips for checking the reliability/veracity of news stories.

Similar to Snopes.com; has good examples of true and untrue rumors and news stories.

Founded by David Mikkelson, in 1995 as an expression of his interest in researching urban legends, the site has grown into what is widely regarded as one of the Web's essential resources. It's often the first place to check if you think you have read something online that may not be true, or only partly true.

Snopes.com's updated guide to the internet's clickbaiting, news-faking, social media exploiting dark side.

Another good source for examining how news is fact-checked by Snopes.com

I've gone through this guide and taken links from it that I think are most useful. We can delete this guide if we want to.

There are powerpoint lesson packs here but I've only looked at the first one, which is all about the presidential campaigns. Lots to go through if we think we want to use any of these pp's.

By Sapna Maheshwari for NYT. This is not spellbinding and is about election politics.

“Critical literacy is essential, but not if it leads to a kind of moral relativism that tolerates all views and dismisses none in fits of false equivalence and both-siderism.” By Jonathan Gold

The Pew Research Center:
"Today around seven-in-ten Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves. Explore the patterns and trends shaping the social media landscape over the past decade below."

"Misinformation on the web is staggering. It is spread mainly via Websites, Social Networks, and Email. The Hot Topics for such misinformation are Politics, Government Policies, Religion and various Scams and Hoaxes.The guide includes fake videos, tips for analyzing news sources, Website that provide fact checking