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Media Literacy
Media Literacy
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Great tools for checking viral rumors circulating online. |
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| Click to go to Snopes.com - A great place to check on whether a viral news story or image is accurate. | Click to go to RumorGuard.org - This site, run by The News Literacy Project, tracks misinformation spread online, especially on social media. | ||
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Great tools for fact checking political claims and analyzing news coverage.
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Click to go to Politifact.com - This site focuses on fact checking political claims, and won a prestigious Pulitzer Prize for fact checking during the 2008 Presidential election. |
Click to go to Factcheck.org - Another great tool for checking the accuracy of political statements. | Click to go to Allsides.com - Collects news coverage about particular topics from across the political spectrum. This is a helpful tool for tracking how bias can subtly influence a news story. | |
Media Bias
There are a few media bias charts that can help you think about the sources you are consulting. Click here to view the AllSides Media Bias Chart. The chart from Ad Fontes Media, below, is updated frequently and available click here to continue.
