Articles & News (Management)

There are many methods for evaluating articles and news. One method is the SIFT method from Mike Caufield. More info on SIFT.  

1. STOP: Ask yourself whether you know the source of the information, the reputation of the claim and the website. How do you feel? 
2. INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE: Who is the author or the source? Where is the claim coming from? Do you trust it?
3. FIND COVERAGE: What's the context for the claim? What are other perspectives? How is the claim described by different sources?
4. TRACE CLAIMS: Find the original source to evaluate the media claim. 

Use the tools below to help evaluate an article, claim or source, for accuracy and political bias. 

• AllSides – rates the political bias and accuracy of sources and current topics
• Factcheck.org – monitors factual accuracy of political and topical issues
• Snopes – investigates hot topics and urban legends and rates them as true/false/unproven
• Washington Post Fact Checker– monitors factual accuracy of political and topical issues