The household names for news are still out there, but there is an explosion of online content that may or may not be reputable. If you don't recognize the name of a reputable source, how do you know if what you're reading is accurate? Six questions that will tell you what media to trust, from the American Press Institute, provides a rundown of six questions or considerations to keep in mind whenever you read any article that's purporting to be "news." A quick way to verify claims is to just Google them: Are you able to find reputable organizations reporting the same information?
Read on for a list of fact-checking websites that explicitly check claims and verify or debunk them.