LibGuides: Political Science: Fact Checking

Fact checking web sites

AllSides
"We display the day’s top news stories from the Left, Center and Right of the political spectrum — side-by-side so you can decide the truth for yourself."
Center for Public Integrity
"To protect democracy and inspire change using investigative reporting that exposes betrayals of the public trust by powerful interests."
Factcheck
"We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor 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. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding."
Media Bias Fact Check
"is an independent online media outlet. MBFC is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices.

MBFC’s aim is to inspire action and a rejection of overtly biased media"
PolitiFact
Launched in 2007 as an election-year project of the Tampa Bay Times. In 2018, the Tampa Bay Times transferred ownership to the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies, so it could be a non-partisan, not-for-profit national news organization.
Snopes
"When misinformation obscures the truth and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes.com’s fact checking and original, investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis. We always document our sources so readers are empowered to do independent research and make up their own minds."
Vote Smart
"Vote Smart's mission is to provide free, factual, unbiased information on candidates
and elected officials to ALL Americans."

Fact news game

How good are you at spotting fake news? Try these examples:

Bad News, a simulation game which allows you to manage a fake news publication by putting you in charge of the content.

Facticious, a game which is like Tender, the dating app. You can read more about how the game was developed at American University here.

Pew Quiz, to see how well you can tell fact from opinion

Deep Fakes

What is Deepfake? It is using artificial intelligence (AI) to alter video content so that something appears different than reality. The definition was named for a Reddit user named Deepfake who used technology to alter photographs of real people.

C-SPAN: Hearing on Deepfake Videos, U.S. House Intelligence Committee
June 13, 2019
Ted: Fake videos of real people, how to spot them.
Supasorn Suwajanakorn, July 25, 2018
Deepfake Videos Are Getting Real and That's a Problem
Deepfakes: What are they, Why they matter