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  1. 1PolitiFactPolitiFactThe easiest verdict to read at a glance. Every check ends on the Truth-O-Meter, six steps from True down to Pants on Fire, and three editors vote on each rating, with two votes deciding it. PolitiFact began in 2007 as an election-year project, won a Pulitzer Prize for its 2008 campaign coverage and…0
  2. 2FactCheck.orgFactCheck.orgThe choice when you want the reasoning rather than a score. FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, writes long explanations of what a politician or ad got wrong instead of stamping a rating on it, which suits readers who want to follow the…0
  3. 3SnopesSnopesThe first place to look for the forwarded email, the too-good photo or the rumor your aunt shared. Snopes started in 1994 as David and Barbara Mikkelson's urban legends reference site, and that habit of tracing a story to its origin still sets it apart from sites built around politicians'…0
  4. 4Lead StoriesLead StoriesBuilt for speed on whatever is going viral right now. Lead Stories, launched in 2015, uses its own trend-spotting software, Trendolizer, to hunt for false stories, images and videos as they start trending, with the aim of checking them quickly. It is a verified signatory of the International…0
  5. 5Associated PressAssociated PressAP Fact Check, the Associated Press's fact-checking desk Useful because it reaches you through coverage you already read. AP Fact Check comes from the same wire service that supplies local newspapers and broadcasters, so its checks of speeches, campaign claims and viral posts often turn up inside…0
  6. 6ReutersReutersReuters Fact Check, the news agency's fact-checking unit A sober check on claims that cross borders. Reuters had long worked on verifying images and video, but its dedicated fact-check unit launched in February 2020 as a partner in Facebook's US program, days after passing International…0
  7. 7Agence France-PresseAgence France-PresseAFP Fact Check, Agence France-Presse's fact-checking service The widest reach on this list. The French news agency began fact-checking in 2017 and by 2024 had more than 150 fact-checkers working in 26 languages, which makes it the place to look when a rumor started in Asia, Africa or Latin America…0
  8. 8Science FeedbackScience FeedbackThe specialist for health, climate and science claims. Instead of a newsroom generalist, Science Feedback has editors who are scientists or science journalists, and it recruits outside researchers with expertise in the field to score an article's credibility on accuracy, logic and precision. Its…0
  9. 9Full FactFull FactThe model for a fact-checker that chases the correction, not just the verdict. Full Fact, a British charity founded in 2009 and launched the following year by a cross-party group of trustees, follows up its checks by asking public figures and institutions to correct or retract what they said, and…0
  10. 10Africa CheckAfrica CheckThe first stop for claims about African countries. Africa Check was set up in 2012 at the journalism department of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and now has offices in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos, Dakar and London, publishing in English and French. It is useful beyond the…0