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Information Bias/Viewpoint: For Balance

This guide will help determine the general viewpoint of various publications, Web sites and television and radio chanels.

Helpful Sites for Balance

These sites may be helpful to give balance to the information that you find.

 

FactCheck.org  - FactCheck.org is a non-profit, non-partisan site that acts as a consumer advocate for voters. Its aim is to reduce confusion and deception in U.S. Politics. It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

ThisNation.com - ThisNation.com is a repository of basic information, resources and historical documents related to American Government and Politics. Their primary goal is to promote more effective participation in the American political system by providing factual, non-partisan information about government and politics in the United States of America .

Pew Research Center - The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.

PolitiFact.com - PolitiFact.com is a Pulitzer Prize winning site that is a project of the St. Petersburg Times. It is designed to help you find the truth in poitics.

ProPublica - ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize winning independent, nonprofit newsroom that does investigative journalism in the public interest.

 VoteSmart.org - VoteSmart.org is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States.

 ProCon.org - ProCon.org promotes critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting research on controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, and primarily pro-con format.