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  2. Snopes - Wikipedia

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    Snopes (/ ˈ s n oʊ p s /), formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a fact-checking website. It has been described as a "well-regarded reference for sorting out myths and rumors" on the Internet.

  3. FactCheck.org - Wikipedia

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    Launched. December 2003; 20 years ago. ( 2003-12) FactCheck.org is a nonprofit [1] website that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics by providing original research on misinformation and hoaxes. [2] It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of ...

  4. List of fact-checking websites - Wikipedia

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    Comprobado (hosted by Maldita.es). [120] Miniver.org: the first fact-checking web in Spain, launched in 2017, with the purpose of debunking fake news. Accredited by Google as fact-checking organization. [121] Newtral: Spanish fact-checking organization founded by journalist Ana Pastor from LaSexta.

  5. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.

  6. Wikipedia and fact-checking - Wikipedia

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    Fact-checking is an aspect of the broader reliability of Wikipedia. Various academic studies about Wikipedia and the body of criticism of Wikipedia seek to describe the limits of Wikipedia's reliability, document who and how people use Wikipedia for fact-checking, and what consequences result from this use.

  7. Fact-checking - Wikipedia

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    Fact-checking is the process of verifying the factual accuracy of questioned reporting and statements. Fact-checking can be conducted before or after the text or content is published or otherwise disseminated. Internal fact-checking is such checking done in-house by the publisher to prevent inaccurate content from being published; when the text ...

  8. PolitiFact - Wikipedia

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    PolitiFact.com is an American nonprofit project operated by the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, with offices there and in Washington, D.C. It began in 2007 as a project of the Tampa Bay Times (then the St. Petersburg Times), with reporters and editors from the newspaper and its affiliated news media partners reporting on the accuracy of statements made by elected officials ...

  9. Media Bias/Fact Check - Wikipedia

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    Media Bias/Fact Check ( MBFC) is an American website founded in 2015 by Dave M. Van Zandt. [1] It considers four main categories and multiple subcategories in assessing the "political bias" and "factual reporting" of media outlets. [2] [3] It is widely used, but has been criticised for its methodology. [4]