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A nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters. A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
FactCheck.org’s SciCheck feature focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.
From by the Center for Responsible Politics; non-profit, non-partisan. Also lists where candidates get their money.
A project of the Poynter Institute, dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media.
AllSides focuses solely on political bias. It places sources in one of five boxes — “Left,” “Lean Left,” “Center,” “Lean Right” and “Right.” It does not measure accuracy or reliability of claims of publications.
Rates both reliability and political bias of news sources and places them as coordinates on a spectrum within its chart.
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