Welcome to the Journalism & Research Guide!
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Fact Checking
- FactCheck.org This link opens in a new windowWe are a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding
- Fact Checker (Washington Post) This link opens in a new windowFrom the Washington Post, "sorting our the truth from rhetoric"
- PolitiFact This link opens in a new windowEvery day, reporters and researchers from PolitiFact and its partner news organization examine statements by members of Congress, state legislators, governors, mayors, the president, cabinet secretaries, lobbyists, people who testify before Congress and anyone else who speaks up in American politics. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter – True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False and False. The most ridiculous falsehoods get our lowest rating, Pants on Fire.
- Verification Junkie This link opens in a new windowA growing directory of tools for verifying, fact checking and assessing the validity of eyewitness reports and user generated content online.
- SourceWatch This link opens in a new windowThe Center for Media and Democracy publishes SourceWatch to track corporations.
We provide well-documented information about corporate public relations (PR) campaigns, including corporate front groups, people who "front" corporate campaigns, and PR operations.
Bias & Getting it Right
Image One
Image one shows a smartphone home screen. The notification area contains two sources covering the same story. The New York Times' headline reads "U.S. Economy Adds 148,000 Jobs, as Unemployment Dips to 7.2%." The Wall Street Journal's headline reads "U.S. employers added only 148,000 jobs in September; unemployment rate was 7.2%."
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Image two shows a twitter feed of three sources covering the same breaking news story. The headlines are:
- CNN Breaking News: "Supreme Court strikes down individual mandate portion of health care law. on.cnn.com/LvVRcK."
- Slate: "RT @reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT SAYS UPHOLDS HEALTH CARE MANDATE."
- HuffPost Politics: "BREAKING: Individual mandate has been rule unconstitutional by Supreme Court huff.to/MAjqo7."
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Image three shows a television still from Fox News. The headline reads "SUPREME COURT FINDS HEALTH CARE INDIVIDUAL MANAGE UNCONSTITUTIONAL" and there are 3 sections of media: the main section shows the host, and the other two smaller sections show protests.
