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Fact Checking & Statistical Information Resources

FACT CHECKING RESOURCES

  • FactCheck.org: useful for checking on political claims.
  • Politifact: researches the claims of politicians and checks their accuracy.
  • Snopes.com: focuses on urban legends, news stories, and memes.
  • SciCheck: focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.
  • Media Bias/ Fact Check: MBFC is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices.
  • Duke Reporters’ Lab: Fact Checking: a database of global fact-checking sites

 

FINDING STATISTICAL INFORMATION

  • ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States: a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Online it is 1400+ individually indexed tables with attached spreadsheets.
  • Wisconsin.gov: Search state agencies, services, and data.
  • Gallup Polls: The Gallup World Poll is a global network of quality data collection built to measure public opinion accurately and efficiently, even in hard-to-reach areas. This infrastructure allows us to capture the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of the world’s 8 billion people, giving leaders the insights they need to navigate today’s interconnected world.
  • Pew Research Center: Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.
  • Our World in Data: Our World in Data’s mission is to publish the research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.