Research Guides: Fake News: Tools

Fact Checkers

Visit these fact checking sites to help evaluate whether a viral internet claim is true, false, or somewhere in the middle.

FactCheck.org
A non-partisan website that attempts to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
Politifact's Truth-o-Meter
The Pulitzer Prize winning website Politifact rates the accuracy of various claims made by voices in American politics. It also monitors if politicians have flip-flopped on issues over time.
Snopes
Snopes is an internet reference source that examines urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, misinformation, and fake news.
Washington Post Fact Checker
The Washington Post's fact checker attempts to 'truth squad' remarks of politicians when they make statements on important issues. Readers can submit statements for checking. A "Pinocchio" system is used to rank the truthfulness of a statemennt.

Hoaxy
Hoaxy is a visualization tool that allows you to track the spread of claims across the internet.

For more information, about this feature, see the blog entry in The Keyword.

Type an often repeated claim into Google Search's bar or use the example below

The claim typed into the search bar must be one that is often repeated
- not all claims will be fact checked
Google News articles that have been fact checked will include a "fact check" label
The feedback tag will show
- who made the claim
- what the claim is
- what organization/site evaluated the claim
  - whether the claim is true or false
Google does not perform the fact checking itself
This feature is still in its early stages