Justice Studies 255 - Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System - Altavilla: News & Media

The following news websites are generally considered to be reliable and unbiased. Keep in mind that some articles may present opinions as well as fact.

• The Center for Public Integrity One of the country's oldest and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organizations, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
• Christian Science Monitor An independent international news organization that seeks to give readers the information they need to come to their own conclusions.
• C-Span Provides live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided.
• Reuters An international news agency headquartered in London.

"Fake news," is "fabricated information that mimics news media content in form but not in organizational process or intent. Fake-news outlets, in turn, lack the news media's editorial norms and processes for ensuring the accuracy and credibility of information. Fake news overlaps with other information disorders, such as misinformation (false or misleading information) and disinformation (false information that is purposely spread to deceive people)." [David M. J. Lazer, et al. "The Science of Fake News," Science, 9 Mar. 2018: vol. 359, no. 6380, pp. 1094-1096.]

See the Real vs. Fake News research guide for more information, including strategies for evaluating your sources and avoiding fake news.

The following video tutorial covers how to identify and analyze different types of misinformation, and provides some strategies for evaluating news sources and finding more reliable information on the internet (from off campus you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password):