News Sources

Understanding how "fake news" is just one piece of a larger environment of both misinformation and disinformation.

Non-partisan, nonprofit effort to support educators in teaching and strengthening news literacy skills.

Science news article with overview of issues related to researching misinformation. October 2024.

November 2023 scoping review of misinformation research

From Pew Research Center, a report on American beliefs about 2024 election news, including concerns about accuracy and misinformation.

2018 study of more than 10 million tweets - from the Knight Foundation and researchers at George Washington University.

From Harvard's Nieman Lab, a weekly roundup of the "growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy."

Brief overview and list of research studies related to "fake news." From 2017. (Journalist's Resource, from Harvard's Shorenstein Center)

Strategies for analyzing news sources, from Merrimack College professor of communication and media, Melissa Zimdars. Document is from 2016; note that the list of misleading or satirical news sources is not current.

Resources to help students develop critical thinking skills in order to judge the reliability and credibility of information.

Dec 2016 survey from Pew Research Center.

January 2017 research study from Stanford University

Exec summary of 2016 Stanford research testing students' ability to judge the credibility of online information ("bleak").

Columbia Journalism Review's running list of threats to press freedom under the current presidential administration.

This free online resource collects examples of viral rumors, doctored images, conspiracy theories and AI-generated fakes.

Fact-checking arm of Agence France-Press, "a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis."

From the Reporter's Lab at Duke University, a database of fact-checking organizations around the world.

From the Annenberg Center; check the accuracy of statements, including advertisements, from politicians, pundits and special interest groups.

Evaluate the truth and accuracy of Michigan political advertisements. Click on "past calls" to view evaluations of specific advertisements.

Run by the St. Petersburg Times, the site's "Truth-o-meter" helps separate "fact from fiction" in political statements, including advertisements, from races around the country.

Check voting records, background, and public statements of candidates from around the country.

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

From columnist Glenn Kessler, focusing on accuracy of statements of political figures "regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local."

Fact-checking site for "for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation."

From FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting), media watchdog group