Fact Checking

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Below is a list of fact checking tools:

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  • BBC Verify The BBC's in house fact-checking team who investigate video and clips and analysing data.
  • Fact Check Website that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
  • Fact Check Explorer Gonzo's Python version of his fact check explorer tool.
  • FEAT Gonzo's FactCheck Explore Analysis Tool.
  • Google Fact Check Tools Search facts about a topic or person.
  • HoaxBuster Collaborative platform against disinformation: its website allows you to identify hoaxes on the Web, that is to say hoaxes.
  • Open Measures Analyze hate and disinformation online.
  • Politifact PolitiFact.com is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims made by elected officials, politicians, and other public figures.
  • RAND Tools that fight disinformation online.
  • Snoopes Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
  • Verfication Toolbox A toolbox designed to help simplify and streamline verification for beginner.

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Beware of problems with fact checkers themselves:

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Left vs Right Bias

Unlike checking for facts, attempts to check for left vs right bias is highly problematic with the so called left-right rating becoming a form of bias in itself.

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Services that check for left vs right bias e.g. Ground News and the underlying rating services it uses (Ad Fontes Media, Media Bias Fact Check, All Sides) shapes and conditions people into viewing EVERYTHING along the left-right spectrum when the real world is substantially more complex and nuanced.