Fighting Fake News: The Basics

• Read, watch, and listen to information from MULTIPLE sources.
• Don't take opinion and commentary at face value, always QUESTION assumptions.
• Check your own biases. Ask yourself WHY you feel the way you feel and remember feelings aren't facts. 
• Be OPEN to different and new perspectives.
• You are entitled to your own opinions but NOT your own facts. 

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• How to Spot Fake News - 8 tips from FactCheck.org
• Evaluating Sources for Credibility - Short video from North Carolina State University
• List of Fake News Sites - from Wikipedia
• False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical "News" Sources - List developed by Melissa Zimdars, Merrimack College

RECENTLY, THE ACRL PUBLISHED  A BLOG POST CRITICAL OF THE MEDIA BIAS CHART.  TO READ MORE ABOUT THE CONCERNS AND THE ARGUMENT THAT THE CHART IS MORE OF A MEME THAN A USEFUL INFORMATION LITERACY TOOL, GO TO THIS WEBPAGE: https://acrlog.org/2021/02/23/complex-or-clickbait-the-problematic-media-bias-chart/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=complex-or-clickbait-the-problematic-media-bias-chart

While this is not a solid scientific classification, it is, nonetheless, a helpful graphic to identify the quality of news media outlets.

I would like to give credit to Joe Hardenbrook of Carroll University.  Most of the information used to create this guide is from his libguide made for Carroll's Library.

How to Spot Fake News - ​IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations

• FactCheck.org

  "a nonpartisan, nonprofit 'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics."
• Snopes.com

  Popular site that examines hoaxes and viral stories.
• PolitiFact

  "PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics."
• How-To's on Fact-Checking & Fake News

  from the Poynter Institute