Carla G wrote:I tried to find a more reputable news organization to verify this clip and was aghast as to how many"news" sites simply reprinted this story almost verbatim.
Still no conformation of the events at least to my suiting.
Below is a list of fake, false, regularly misleading, and otherwise questionable “news” organizations that are commonly shared on facebook and other social media sites. Many of these websites rely on “outrage” by using distorted headlines and decontextualized or dubious information in order to generate likes, shares, and profits.
Other sources on this list are purposefully fake with the intent of satire/comedy, which can offer important critical commentary on politics and society, but they are regularly shared as actual/literal news. I’m including them here, for now, because 1.) they have the potential to perpetuate misinformation based on different audience (mis)interpretations and 2.) to make sure anyone who reads a story by The Onion, for example, understands its purpose. If you think this is unnecessary, please see Literally Unbelievable.
Notes: Not all of these sources are always or inherently problematic, but I’m including them because they should be considered in conjunction with other news/info sources due to their tendency to rely on clickbait headlines etc.
100PercentFedUp.com
EnduringVision.com
PakAlertPress.com
21stCenturyWire.com
FPRNradio.com
PoliticalBlindSpot.com
70news.wordpress.com
The Free Thought Project
PoliticalEars.com
abcnews.com.co
GeoEngineeringWatch.org
Politicalo
ActivistPost.com
GlobalResearch.ca
PoliticusUSA
Addicting Info
GovtSlaves.info
PrisonPlanet.com
American News X
GulagBound.com
PrisonPlanet.tv
AmericanNews.com
HangTheBankers.com
Private-eye.co.uk (some satire)
AnonNews.co
HumansAreFree.com
ProjectVeritas
Associated Media Coverage
Huzlers
Rawstory
BeforeItsNews.com
IfYouOnlyNews
React 365
Being Liberal
Indecision Forever (http://www.cc.com/indecision)
RealFarmacy.com
BigAmericanNews.com
IJR (Independent Journal Review)
RealNewsRightNow.com
BigPZone.com
InfoWars
RedFlagNews.com
Bipartisan Report
Infowars.com
Red State
BizPac Review
IntelliHub.com
Reductress (satire/comedy)
Blue Nation Review
Inquisitor.com
RileNews.com
Breitbart
JonesReport.com
Satira Tribune
Cap News (satire)
LewRockwell.com
Sprotspickle.com
ChristWire.org
Liberal America
The Blaze
Chronicle.su
LibertyTalk.fm
The Free Thought Project
CivicTribune.com
LibertyUnyielding
The New Yorker’s Borowitz Report (satire column)
ClickHole.com (satire/comedy)
LibertyVideos.org
The Onion (satire)
CoastToCoastAM.com
LMR (LibertyMovementRadio.com)
The Other 98%
CollectiveEvolution
MediaMass.net
The Reporterz
ConsciousLifeNews.com
MegynKelly.us
The Stately Harold
ConservativeOutfitters.com
MSNBC.com.co
TheDailySheeple.com
ConspiracyWire (WideAwakeAmerica.com)
MSNBC.website
TheNewsNerd.com
CountdownToZeroTime.com
Naha Daily
TheRunDownLive.com
CounterPsyOps.com
National Report
TheUsPatriot.com
CreamBMP.com
NationalReport.net
Thinkprogress.org
Crooks and Liars
NaturalNews.com
TruthFrequencyRadio.com
DailyBuzzLive.com
NC Scooper
Twitchy.com
DailyCurrant.com
NCT (New Century Times)
UnconfirmedSources.com
Daily NewsBin
News Examiner
Upworthy
Daily Wire
News-Hound.com
USA Supreme
DCClothesLine.com
NewsBiscuit.com
US.Blasting.News
DCGazette.com
NewsBuzzDaily
US Uncut
DerfMagazine.com
Newslo
VeteransToday.com
Disclose.tv
NewsMutiny.com
Walking Times
DrudgeReport.com.co
Newswatch 28
WakingUpWisconsin.com
DuffleBlog.com (satire/comedy)
Newswatch 33
Winning Democrats
DuhProgressive.com
NewsWire-24.com
WitScience.org
Embols.com
NoDisInfo.com
World Net Daily
Empire Herald
Now8News
World News Daily Report
Empire News
NowTheEndBegins.com
WorldTruth.tv
EmpireNews.com
Occupy Democrats
ZeroHedge
Endingthefed.com (ETF News)
Tips for analyzing news sources:
Avoid websites that end in “lo” ex: Newslo (above). These sites specialize in taking a piece of accurate information and then packaging that information with other false or misleading “facts.”
Watch out for websites that end in “.com.co” as they are often fake versions of real news sources.
Watch out if known/reputable news sites are not also reporting on the story. Sometimes lack of coverage is the result of corporate media bias and other factors, but there should typically be more than one source reporting on a topic or event.
Odd domain names generally equal odd and rarely truthful news.
Lack of author attribution may, but not always, signify that the news story is suspect and requires verification.
Some news organizations are also letting bloggers post under the banner of particular news brands; however, many of these posts do not always go through the same editing process (ex: BuzzFeed Community Posts, Kinja blogs, Forbes blogs).
Check the “About Us” tab on websites or look up the website on Snopes or Wikipedia for more information about the source.
If the story makes you REALLY ANGRY it’s probably a good idea to keep reading about the topic via other sources to make sure the story you read wasn’t purposefully trying to make you angry (with potentially misleading or false information) in order to generate shares and ad revenue.
It’s always best to read multiple sources of information to get a variety of viewpoints and media frames. Some sources not specifically included in this list (although their practices at times may qualify them for addition), such as The Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, and Fox News, vacillate between providing legitimate, problematic, and/or hyperbolic news coverage, requiring readers and viewers to verify and contextualize information with other sources.
Ray Griffith wrote:To hijack my own thread;
MSNBC? Really? However, Fox News not listed?
Fox is definitely farther to the right than MSNBC is to the left.
Anyway, I digress.
Carla G wrote:Thanks for that Robin! Mind if I share it elsewhere?
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