Finding the True Facts

Q. Given all the 'facts' that have been shared in the media about the EU referendum, are there any really good sites for fact checking news stories?

A. Depends on what you are looking for.

• To check UK information, try Full Fact [https://fullfact.org]
• To check US information, try Fact chek [www.factcheck.org]
• Seen something on Facebook, try Hoax Slayer [www.hoax-slayer.com]
• Seen something on Twitter, follow https://twitter.com/IsTwitWrong
• To check photographs, try PicPedant [https://twitter.com/PicPendant]

Phil Bradley column in CILIP Update, June 2016.