Sites that are a reliable source for facts and fact-checks. I’ll continue to add to this list over time.
USAFacts was created by former Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer. The site describes itself as a non-partisan source of accurate government data.
No one at USAFacts is trying to convince you of anything. The only opinion we have is that government data should be easier to access. Our entire mission is to provide you with facts about the United States that are rooted in data. We believe once you have the solid, unbiased numbers behind the issues you can make up your own mind.
From their website:
“Snopes got its start in 1994, investigating urban legends, hoaxes, and folklore. As demand for reliable fact checks grew, so did Snopes. Now it’s the oldest and largest fact-checking site online, widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and readers as an invaluable research companion.”
From their website:
Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy.
From their website:
We 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.
From their website:
When we started TinEye, we had a simple vision: help users search using images. Today, we are delivering image search solutions to a wide range of businesses where image search is mission critical.
The site is a way to see if a photo has been published other places. Sometimes useful to see if it isn’t from the scene it’s been labeled as. The classic photo is the image of sharks swimming through a city street after a big storm. The same photo is reused time and time again (it was never real)