Real News, Fake News and Bad Arguments

"Headquartered at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, FlackCheck.org is the political literacy companion site to the award-winning FactCheck.org. The site provides resources designed to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular."

"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."

"The purpose of this Web site, and an accompanying column in the Sunday print edition of The Washington Post, is to “truth squad” the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local."

Includes a database of global fact-checking sites, which can be viewed as a map or as a list; also includes how they identify fact-checkers.

The International Fact-Checking Network "is a forum for fact-checkers worldwide hosted by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies."

Facebook partners with five fact-checking organizations to fight fake news

"A majority of U.S. adults – 62% – get news on social media, and 18% do so often...Two-thirds of Facebook users (66%) get news on the site."