We are constantly being bombarded with information – online, on TV, in books, and in conversation. Unfortunately, a lot of it is misinformation.
Fortunately the Web makes it possible to fact check on the fly. Here are some resources.
- Consumer Reports – objective product information and reviews (requires university login)
- DeviceWatch – debunks phony products and gadgets
- FactCheck.org – fact checking for the news from the Annenberg Public Policy Center
- OpenSecrets.org - from the Center for Responsive Politics; tracks the money in politics
- PolitiFact – the least partisan fact-checking source for politics and what politicians say
- Skeptic’s Dictionary – debunks pseudoscience and the paranormal
- Snopes.com – debunks virus warnings, chain letters, hoaxes, scams, urban legends
- SourceWatch – crowd-sourced tracing of information to its original intellectual and financial sources, from the Center for Media and Democracy
