Can we trust fact checking services?

Reputable ones – yes. How do we know a fact checking service is reputable and trustworthy? The sites that have a good track record for doing their job very well and have a reputation to uphold are the ones you will want to use. Some of the best are listed on this website’s Resources page. False fact checkers exist on social media and fringe apps like Telegram! You can avoid getting confused by using the high-quality fact checkers listed on my Resources page or in this link to the college of Staten Island the City University of New York Library. Many maintain non partisanship by employing members of both American political parties, or in the the case of Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network, “staffers cannot be members of political parties nor publicly support candidates for elected office”.