Fake news?
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- Politifact: Seven Steps to Better Fact-Checking"We often get questions from journalists, educators, students and voters about how we do our work. If you want to fact-check something, where do you start? ... Here, then, is an adapted version of our checklist for use with any type of journalistic fact-checking."
- American Press Institute: Fact-checking and accountability journalism project"You can follow the work of the project here, including our Fact-Checking Resource Page. Sign up for the weekly newsletter or enroll in our free online course."
- SnopesSnopes has long been the best place to check that sketchy-sounding link that your credulous relative just posted to Facebook. In the summer of 2017, Snopes has been the subject of a legal battle for control of the site.
CRAAP Test (really!)
The CRAAP test, originally developed by librarians at California State University, Chico, is a simple, memorable checklist for evaluating a source's reliability. When evaluating a source, we should examine its:
- Currency: Is the information up-to-date?
- Relevance: Does the information actually relate to my topic? Is it audience-appropriate?
- Authority: What is the source of the information and what are the author's qualifications?
- Accuracy: Does the source give supporting evidence and cite other relevant sources?
- Purpose: Are there evident biases?
Online news subscriptions for CC community
Between library subscriptions, college deals with the publishers, or the publisher's generosity, you can access some leading news sources directly on their websites by creating an account with your CC email address.
- Activate your free subscription to the Washington PostSign in with a .edu email address (from any institution, not just CC), verify it, and get unlimited online access to the Washington Post.
- New York Times Academic PassCC has made a deal with the NY Times to get us unlimited online access. You need to create and verify an account using your CC email address.
- Chronicle of Higher Education: Create a Free AccountSimilar to the NY Times, CC has a subscription to the Chronicle so you just need to create an account with your CC email to get access to the entire site from anywhere.