Fake News & Fact Checking: Selected Credible News Sources
This guide brings together a broad, yet selective range of information and resources for identifying fake news and verifying facts. #fake news #alternative facts
HOW WERE THESE SOURCES SELECTED?
These sources were selected from among all those reviewed and rated by the Media Bias/Fact Check site described under the True or False? page of this Library Guide. All of them have been rated High on the accuracy of their factual content.
FULL TEXT AVAILABLE FOR CSUSB USERS
CSUSB students, faculty, and staff have free access to these publications via the library's subscriptions. Click on the desired link below, and on the next screen click on the name of a database which will have Available online at: in front of it (see screenshot below). Pay attention to the years of coverage noted.
- The American ConservativeA bi-monthly journal of opinion published by the American Ideas Institute.
Bias: Right center - The Atlantic MonthlyA monthly magazine.
Bias: Left center - Christian Science MonitorAn international news organization.
Bias: Least biased - The EconomistA British weekly news magazine.
Bias: Least biased - Foreign AffairsA bimonthly American journal of international relations and U.S. foreign policy.
Bias: Least biased - The Independent ReviewThe acclaimed interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of political economy and the critical analysis of government policy.
Bias: Right center - Los Angeles TimesA daily newspaper.
Bias: Left center - Maclean's MagazineA Canadian weekly news magazine.
Bias: Right center - The New York TimesA daily newspaper.
Bias: Left center - The SpectatorA weekly British conservative magazine.
Bias: Right center - The Wall Street JournalA daily financial newspaper.
Bias: Right center - The Washington PostA daily newspaper.
Bias: Left center
WEBSITES
You do not have to be affiliated with CSUSB or go through the library's website in order to access these sources.
- Associated Press NewsAn American multinational nonprofit news agency.
Bias: Least biased - BBC NewsBritish Broadcasting Corporation.
Bias: Left center - BloombergA weekly business magazine that also covers politics.
Bias: Left center - California Politcal ReviewA website dedicated to California politics and especially spending and taxes.
Bias: Right center - Cato InstituteAn American libertarian think tank.
Bias: Right center - Pew Research Center"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions." (From the website.)
Bias: Least biased - ReutersA news reporting service.
Bias: Least biased - United Press International.comAn international news agency.
Bias: Least biased
