[Publib] Political chain emails and fact checking Web sites

[Chris (CE)]

Dear Colleagues,

The following is for those librarians concerned about libraries 
supporting democracy by providing information for making political 
decisions.


Last night I read an interesting article on FactCheck.org called "That 
Chain E-mail Your Friend Sent to You Is (Likely) Bogus. Seriously."

This article analyzed political chain letters and provided seven 
characteristics of chain e-mails tending to contain false information.

Some of you may want to pass this article on to your voting citizens.


I use two political fact checking Web sites.

    * http://www.factcheck.org/
    * http://www.politifact.com/

Though I probably favor FactCheck because I have used it through two 
elections,
I also find Politifact's "Truth-o-meter" and "Flip-o-meter" amusing and 
their "details" interesting.

-- Thanks,

Chris Rippel
Central Kansas Library System
1409 Williams
Great Bend, Kansas 67530
620-792-4865 (voice)
620-792-5495 (fax)
crippel at ckls dot org
http://ceprojects.blogspot.com/