LibGuides: Fake News: Quality Journalism

Consequences of Misinformation

These are real world news articles of the results of misinformation within the general population.

AI-powered misinformation is the world’s biggest short-term threat, Davos report says
As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections
The Danger of Fake News in Inflaming or Suppressing Social Conflict
Election disinformation campaigns targeted voters of color in 2020. Experts expect 2024 to be worse
Fake Biden robocall to New Hampshire voters highlights how easy it is to make deepfakes − and how hard it is to defend against AI-generated disinformation
The Grim Consequences of a Misleading Study on Disinformation
How Covid-19 is revealing the impact of disinformation on society
Misinformation about illicit drugs is spreading on social media – and the consequences could be dangerous
Rohingya Sue Facebook for $150B, Alleging Role in Violence
These are the 3 biggest emerging risks the world is facing
What are we doing this for? Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs

AllSides: Balanced News from Diverse Perspectives

AllSides
AllSides provides multiple different views of the same story which allows for a much rounder picture of the subject. Instead of just news from the right or left, AllSides covers every side, including the middle.

News Quality Evaluation

Media Bias Chart

Most Reliable for News

Reuters, ABC News, The Weather Channel, PBS News, UPI, NPR, LA Times, Politico, CNBC, PA, The Hill, USA Today, The NYT Times, Military Times, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Vox, Christianity Today

Reliable for News, but High in Analysis/ Opinion Content

The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Five Thirty Eight, Foreign Policy, Business Insider, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, The Real News Network, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic, Vice, Newsweek, The Daily Beast

Some Reliability Issues and/ or Extremism

Fox News Channel, Sputnik News, Rasmussen Reports, Real Clear Politics, New York Post, Russia Today, The American Conservative, Daily Mail, BuzzFeed, Washington Monthly, The Week, Jacobin

Serious Reliability Issues and /or Extremism

The Palmer Report, Occupy Democrats, Bipartisan Report, Daily Kos, Truthout, Democracy Now, The Blaze, The Washington Times, Daily Wire, Townhall, The Washington Examiner, OAN Network, The Federalist, PragerU, American Thinker, Red State, The American Spectator, Breibart, Epoch Timesy

*This news quality chart, created by patent lawyer Vanessa Otero, reveals that all major media outlets exhibit some level of bias. Depending on their chart location, they may present a more liberal or conservative view of a news story.

Journalism Guidelines

Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
This is the code of ethics for professional journalists, but many of the tenets can be used when looking at a story.
The Trust Project
Maintained by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University; the Trust Project "explores how journalism can stand out from the chaotic crowd and signal its trustworthiness."

Finding News Sources in the Library

NewsBank America's Newspapers

Articles from Pennsylvania and national newspapers.

Newspaper Source

Articles from U.S. and international newspapers.

Regional Business News

Full text articles from U. S. business journals, newspapers and newswires.

US Newsstream

Articles from several national newspapers: The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The LA Times.

World News Digest

Articles of domestic and international news from Facts On File World News Digest, 1940-present.

Today's Science

Articles from Today's Science magazine covering developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.

America's Historical Newspapers

Study significant periods in American history through a timeline-based interface. Complete editions from hundreds of U.S. newspapers provide primary source content.