Subject Guides
How to Evaluate Sources
Understanding & Evaluating News
Tools to help understand biases in news, spot "fake" news, and accurately follow breaking news stories.
- Evaluating Web PagesHow to evaluate any information that you find on the web - from Binghamton University Libraries.
- All Sides Media Bias ChartRanks over 600 media outlets on political bias (Left, Right, Center, Mixed)
- Media Bias / Fact CheckIndependent source to check the bias and fact check media sources.
- FactCheckPolitical fact check site from Annenberg Policy Center.
- Six Questions That Will Tell You What Media To TrustFrom the American Press Institute
- News Literacy Basics For Students (Online Course Modules)From Stony Brook University Center for News Literacy. Includes concepts as Truth, Fairness, Balance, Bias, Cognitive Dissonance, and Source Evaluation. Videos with guiding questions.
- Breaking News Consumer FactbookBreaking news stories often have updates with conflicting information. This provides tips for how to follow the developments accurately.
- Spotting Fake Images and VideosFrom ABC Education, Australia
- Is That Video Real?Identifying fake video - manipulated, edited and deepfakes.
