Media Literacy: Investigate/Trace Claims

Snopes began as a resource on urban legends but now also investigates the accuracy of news stories, memes, and more.

FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

PolitiFact is owned by the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Run by the Washington Post; fact-checks news.

A database of global fact-checking websites.

For each news story, the website features linked headlines from right, center, and left media outlets so you can see how news stories are being covered from different political perspectives.

From the News Literacy Project. Highlights viral rumors seen online. The top of each rumor features a screenshot of the rumor as it has circulated online as well as a summary of why it is false.