Articles, Guides, Books
GRAPHIC STORIES ABOUT FAKE NEWS
Videos, Watchdogs, Tools
- YouTube Data Viewer
The YouTube Data Viewer is a simple tool to extract hidden data from videos hosted on YouTube. It allows you to extract the following variables, which are most useful for tracking down original content: Exact upload time and All thumbnails. It was developed by David Danforth for the Citizen Evidence Lab.
- RADAR
RADAR stands for relevance, authority, date, relevance, rationale. It is a framework that can help you remember what kinds of questions you should be asking about an information source as you evaluate it for quality and usefulness in your research. It’s a good approach to be used to evaluate news sources.
- Wolfram Alpha
A “computational knowledge engine.” aims “to collect and curate all objective data and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything.” For example: to find facts about past weather for a given place and date, which can be helpful to determine the credibility of claims about a photograph.
- Michigan Truth Squad
The Michigan Truth Squad checks the truth and accuracy of Michigan political advertisements. The objective is to make Michigan a better place by by encouraging greater understanding and involvement in policy issues among the state’s citizens and making sure their voices are regularly heard. It is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation.
- Fact Checker (Washington Post)
From columnist Glenn Kessler, focusing on accuracy of statements of political figures "regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local" is of utmost importance. In a busy, 24-hour news cycle, it's hard to spot the truth behind the rhetoric. We're doing it for you.
- ProPublica
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.