Fact Checking Websites For News

 Hi All,

Just a quickie email to get you all caught up on various sites to help you fact check your news, current events and websites. 

Media Bias/Fact Check bills itself as the most comprehensive media bias resource.  This article has a list of the 10 best fact checking sites. 

Sites that they cover include Politifact, Fact Check, Open Secrets, Snopes, Sunlight Foundation, Poynter Institute, Flack Check, Truth or Fiction, Hoax Slayer and Fact Checker by the Washington Post.

Click here for a very timely, interesting and useful article from Wikipedia discussing the phrase 'fact checking'.

Enjoy the links and the sites!

Regards,
Stu

Voting, Elections and the Electoral College

Hi All,

Well, today is the day...its time to vote...

Where do I vote you ask?  Click here to find out where you vote. 

To find out the answers to other voting questions click here.

What the heck is the electoral college?  Click here (How Stuff Works), here (Huffington Post), and here (Washington Post) to find out more about the electoral college and how it affects the vote!

How do you find out who wins the election?  Click here (Politico), here (Wall Street Journal) or here  (CNN) to get real-time information on election 2016.

Regards,
Stu

Even More News Sites!

Hi All,

Evidently I like news -  lots of news!

Why?  Because I've generated a whole bunch of blog entries regarding news sites over the last few months. Its easy and understandable why I'd like to blog about news sites!

News sites are common, important for folks to read and, well, they are just darn interesting. Add to the fact that you learn a lot from reading a newspaper (or reading the adjacent news website) and who wouldn't want to read about the juicy morsels of politics, elections, entertainment, science, business, movies/books, technology, sports, health, weather and other topics?

So...simply put, click on this link from Kadaza and you'll find a whole smorgasbord of websites related to the news.

And just for the record, you'll find links to some of the world's preeminent news organizations by clicking on this link. Included on the site are CNN, HuffPost, ABCNews, The New York Times, CBS News, NBC News, Washington Post and many, many more sites.

Enjoy the links and the sites and the news!

Regards,
Stu

Get Your Newspaper Here, Get Your Newspaper Here...

Hi All,

Just found a very interesting news website. Its not like a traditional newspaper site like the New York Times or Newsday or the Washington Post though.

The site name is Paperboy and bills itself as letting readers being able to 'Choose From Our List of 12092 Online Newspapers and ePapers to Get Your Daily Newspaper Fix!'  That is pretty darn awesome!  Try subscribing to 2 newspapers, let alone a dozen or so.

Anyway, there is a search box at the top right side of the webpage where users can click on a dialog box to be able to search for a particular newspaper or to do a Google webs search or to search for news headlines.  Simple and straightforward.

A visit to the site lists the top 25 newspapers listed by circulation. The names of the newspapers - and links are included in the first section of the page. 

Further down the page is a link to the Top 100 US Newspapers and US Newspapers Listed by State.  Even further down on the page is a list of World Newspapers Listed By Country.

There are links to World Newspapers, US Newspapers, News Headlines and Front Pages at the top of the sites' homepage. 

Interesting website and it'll help you keep the conversation going at a cocktail party - especially with all the news that you have at your fingertips!

Enjoy the site.

Regards,
Stu

Hi All,

Last night President Obama gave the annual State of the Union address.  Click on the various links below to learn about the speech and to do some fact checking.

Click on this link for USAToday's summary of the speech. Next up is the New York Times.  This next link is the analysis and reporting from the New York Times. 

The Washington Post's view of the speech can be found by clicking on this link - hint: it has lots of numbers.  FoxBusiness's take on the speech can be read by clicking on this link.


Click on this link for the actual text of the speech - as printed in the New York Times earlier this morning.  Fact checking speeches, addresses and other public announcements is becoming quite fashionable lately.  Click on this link for just such a fact check of the speech.

Click on this link for the Republican rebuttal from the Washington Post. Here is the transcript of the speech - brought to you by FoxNews.

Finally, for a somewhat historic view of State of the Union speeches, click on this link from Wikipedia.  Especially note the links at the end of the entry that cover historic speeches. Interesting history at your fingertips!

Enjoy the sites.
Stu