CRAAP Test

  1. www.justfacts.com
    C: They have posts as recent as January and revisions made as recent as April.
    R: The facts listed are very relevant to today’s politics and updated with current facts.
    A: They have a list of news sources that have cited them but no actual proof that they have.
    A: They have a “standards of credibility” and cite sources for all of their facts, but after looking at some of their sources, they tend to be pre-2000.
    P: Their purpose is to provide facts in as unbiased of a fashion as they can manage, with easy to find citations, and the facts are grouped in a user-friendly way.
  2. www.factcheck.org
    C: Their facts are updated daily as well as their news.
    R: They talk about the debates and things that are relevant in the news.
    A: The website has won many awards for their journalism.
    A: The website cites all of their facts with relevant, reliable sources and as a non-profit that accepts donations, lists their donors for every fiscal year.
    P: Their purpose is to mostly fact check political statements in order to “reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics”.

2 thoughts on “CRAAP Test

  1. Wow! Your evaluation is fantastic. I missed the dates of the sources from justfacts.com. Between the two of these sites, I felt that factcheck.org is more credible, but I did not know exactly why until reading your evalution. I will follow your accuracy tests when I am conducting online research.

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