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Fact Checkers

Independent Fact-Checking sites for Fake News stories:

All Sides
A website that rates the bias of news stories and other articles, labeling them according to where they fit on a political spectrum from left to center to right.
FactCheck.org
"A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center." The Annenberg Center is a non-profit, non-partisan fourndation. Check out the Viral Spiral tab.
LinkedIn
A professional networking website where you can look up the authors of articles and books to see if they're credible.
Politifact
"PolitiFact is an independent fact-checking website created by the Tampa Bay Times newspaper...Politifact is funded primarily by the Tampa Bay Times and the ad revenues generated on PolitiFact’s website." - - from the Politifact website
Washington Post Fact Checker
Rates "alternative facts" from 1 to 4 Pinocchios.
Snopes
Long-standing site for urban legends and other modern folklore. Good for more obscure "alternative facts."

Use the same practices professional fact-checkers use:

How to check a website for false or misleading information:

Also from FactCheck.org, a graphic on how to detect manipulated images.