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Our public square isn’t what it used to be. But, if schools lead the way, media literacy education can help us rebuild civic society. If the damage to public discourse wasn’t clear already, the recent controversy over political advertising on social media platforms surely drove the point home. While Twitter’s Jack Dorsey announced a ban on such advertising, Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook’s decision to keep hosting political ads without subjecting it to rigorous fact-checking. 
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7/20/16 The purpose of this website is not only to deliver news, but to also be a resource on media bias and fact checking. When checking facts these are the 10 sites we find to be most valuable. In most cases, one of these sites has already covered the fact check we are seeking, making the job easy. Listed below you will find our favorite (most trusted) fact checking websites. Bookmark them or just visit MBFC News and we will filter them for you. Politifact– PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics. PolitiFact is run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times, an independent newspaper in Florida. Politifact is simply the best source for political fact checking. Won the Pulitzer Prize. Fact Check– FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. They are a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews [...] Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Lisa Davis's curator insight,
September 18, 2018 6:51 PM
"A good fact checking service will write with neutral wording and will provide unbiased sources to support their claims. Look for these two simple criteria when hunting for the facts." ~ mediabiasfactcheck.com 
Pateley Nichols's curator insight,
November 12, 2020 12:25 AM
This website is a helpful resource in distinguishing between the different fact checking websites that are available for public use. It provides individuals with the credentials and sourcing that each website is using and the affiliation of any related news source that it is linked to. Media Bias Fact Check relies primarily on the signatories of the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) for fact checking the sources they review. There are strict guidelines and set code of principles that they follow, for more information click here: https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/ Here are some the Fact Checking Sites Listed: - Politifact - FactCheck.org - Lead Stories - Science Feedback - AP Fact Check - AFP Fact Check - Reuters Fact Check - Full Fact
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Dean Jennifer Fabbi and her staff at the Cal State San Marcos Library are on the front lines of fighting fake news.
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From the website: "Hoaxy visualizes the spread of claims and related fact checking online. A claim may be a fake news article, hoax, rumor, conspiracy theory, satire, or even an accurate report. Anyone can use Hoaxy to explore how claims spread across social media." Via Mary Reilley Clark
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight,
January 3, 2017 3:28 PM
An interesting site to explore with students. It works best when you can compare a claim and fact check as one data set. When I looked at the claim and fact check on "Obama signs Christmas bill making alternative media illegal," the data showed how the claim appeared and was shared for two days before any fact checking was shared. That alone could be a great discussion point for students. Share the quote often attributed to Winston Churchill: "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth gets its pants on," or the updated versions in this New York Times headline: "A Lie Races Across Twitter Before the Truth Can Boot Up." (And that four year old article is also a fine one to add to your fake news discussion!) 
Nancy Jones's curator insight,
January 9, 2017 10:00 AM
this provides an interesting visual to begin a conversation regarding fake news.
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Political advertising on Google
Our goal is to provide greater transparency in political advertising on Google, YouTube, and partner properties. This report includes information about spending on ads related to elections that feature a candidate for elected office, a current officeholder, or political party in a parliamentary system.
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With all the information they ever need right at their fingertips, it is imperative to teach students how to check their facts. Unfortunately, it can be challenging to know what is true and false, and students are struggling deciphering the truths from the falsehoods. According to Stanford University, their research “shows a dismaying inability by students to reason about information they see on the Internet, the authors said. Students, for example, had a hard time distinguishing advertisements from news articles or identifying where information came from.”
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Our job as citizens requires more than just being informed. We must also be vigilant about verifying information before posting it on social media. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
Tina Jameson's curator insight,
January 28, 2018 7:12 PM
Students may have heard of Fake News - opportunity to tie in with lessons on evaluating sources - the importance of been a critical reader, a detective who is prepared to check and challenge resources, and to establish the Trash and the Treasure of what they read.
Rachel Donovan's curator insight,
June 3, 2018 7:38 AM
Sites to help students channel their investigating, analysing, evaluating, etc.
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One of the problems I've had for a while with traditional digital literacy programs is that they tend to see digital literacy as a separable skill from domain knowledge. In the metaphor of most educators, there's a set of digital or information literacy skills, which is sort of like the factory process. And there's data,…
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Fake news, unreliable websites, viral posts—you would think students who have grown up with the internet would easily navigate it all, but according to a study done by Stanford researchers, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
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