FactCheck.org

FactCheck.org is a nonprofit website that provides original research on misinformation and hoaxes with the stated aim of reducing "the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics". It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation. Kathleen Hall Jamieson's 1993 book Dirty Politics, in which she criticized the presidential campaigns of George H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis in 1988, provided the idea for FactCheck.org. Most of its content consists of rebuttals to inaccurate, misleading, or false claims made by politicians. FactCheck.org has also targeted misinformation from various political action committees. Other features include: Ask FactCheck, where users can ask questions that are usually based on an online rumor. Viral Spiral, a page dedicated to the most popular online myths that the site has debunked. It clarifies the answer as well as links readers to a full article on the subject. Party Lines, talking points that have been repeatedly used by multiple members of a political party. Mailbag, a page publishing readers' letters, including praise or criticism of the site's content.