Evaluating Information

We expose people to information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so they can better understand the world — and each other. Our balanced news coverage, media bias ratings, civil dialogue opportunities, and technology platform are available for everyone and can be integrated by schools, nonprofits, media companies, and more.

Lead Stories is an innovative fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism that launched in 2015. Our editorial team originally just used the technology provided by Trendolizer™ (patent granted) to quickly find the most trending content on the internet to write about but our mantra has always been "Just Because It's Trending Doesn't Mean It's True."

Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC), founded in 2015, is an independent online media outlet. MBFC is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices. MBFC’s aim is to inspire action and a rejection of overtly biased media. We want to return to an era of straight forward news reporting.

A list of websites that have posted deceptive content from Factcheck.org

Snopes is usually the first to fact-check a pervasive online story. For over two decades, Snopes has been a valuable resource for evaluating urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation circulating online.

A list of websites that have posted deceptive content from Factcheck.org

Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. OUR VISION is for Americans to be empowered by access to clear and unbiased information about money’s role in politics and policy and to use that knowledge to strengthen our democracy. OUR MISSION is to produce and disseminate peerless data and analysis on money in politics to inform and engage Americans, champion transparency, and expose disproportionate or undue influence on public policy.

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website run by editors and reporters from the Tampa Bay Times, an independent newspaper in Florida. It rates claims made by politicians on its Truth-o-Meter scale. PolitiFact is widely regarded as one of the best sources for political fact-checking, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for its coverage of the 2008 election.

Vote Smart's mission is to provide free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to ALL Americans.