Fact Checkers, Media Watchers,
Polls and International News

Fact Checkers Note - Be sure to read ALL the text for a given fact in order to properly understand and evaluate the information given.  Just reading a response of "True" or "False" can be misleading. Fact_Check.Org Fact_Check_Wire.Org Fact_Check_Ed.Org PolitiFact.Com Open Secrets.Org By Annenberg Public Policy Center By Annenberg Public Policy Center By Annenberg - The educator's site: Links to many other sites and guidance on evaluating media reports By the St. Petersburg Times  Features the easy-to-interpret "Truth O-Meter". By Center for Responsive Politics.  Bills itself as "your nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy." Media Watchers Note - Watch for bias in media watchers! Always double-check statements against other sources!!! FAIR PR Watch.Org Media Matters On the Media Pew Research - Pew Research For People, News and the Press - "Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting" Center for Media and Democracy This site is considered to have a liberal slant; read it accordingly NPR - WNYC.  Not a media watcher in the usual sense, but with much interesting insight into media and ethics. Pew Research bills itself as "a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world." The Pew media site    International News International News - beyond the newswire