Introduction to SIFT: Home

Video 1: Stop...

Video 2 - Investigate...

• Just add Wikipedia
• Is the source or organization what I thought it was?
• Does this make it more or less trustworthy?

Video 3 - Find a better source...

• Look and see what other coverage is available on the same topic
• Build your own list of trusted news sources

Video 4 - Trace claims/quotes to their original source...

• Use fact-checking sites [Note: You don't have to just take our word on these sites. Using SIFT to factcheck the factcheckers for yourself is a good thing!]:
  • Snopes
  • Factcheck.org
  • Politifact 
• Do a reverse image search
  • TinEye.com