Presidential Election 2016: Fact Checking

"A nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."

"A project of the Tampa Bay Times and its partner news organizations to help you find the truth in American politics. The Times is the biggest newspaper in Florida." Rates statements on the Truth-O-Meter, from True to Pants on Fire; and the consistency of public officials on a Flip-O-Meter.

Fact checking by NPR's politics team, with help from reporters and editors who cover national security, immigration, business, foreign policy, and more.

"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." Glenn Kessler, award-winning journalist, rates items using 1 to 4 Pinocchios (or a Geppetto checkmark for fully truthful items).

"Checking assertions made throughout the 2016 presidential campaign."

A media watchdog group that focuses on conservative news. Since its launch in 2004 in the height of the Bush administration, Media Matters has analyzed conservative media, including broadcast, radio, and print media for factual errors.

A pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC. Includes links to related sites: Trump Lies (all of the fabrications the GOP candidate has told), Barrier Breakers and Let’s Talk Hillary (Hillary Clinton’s life and policies), The Trump Project (a video testimonial series featuring stories about those taken advantage of, offended by, or otherwise hurt by Donald Trump), and The Benghazi Research Center (information on previously debunked myths about Benghazi).

"A project of the Media Research Center (MRC), America’s leading media watchdog in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias."

Designed to help viewers spot and debunk slippery moves in politics. FlackCheck.org is funded by an endowment provided by the Annenberg Foundation to support the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics.

The Institute will integrate research and practice to support and enable: 1) Elected officials capable of working to solve the big issues facing our country; 2) A public demand for civil discourse and a government that works in the best interests of the country as a whole; 3) A media that informs and engages citizens.