Website: http://www.justfacts.com/
Currency: There is a tab called “just facts daily,” but the latest articles have been posted in May. By looking around on this website, I do not believe that this website is constantly updated and current.
Relevance: There are many topics on this website, that when you click on the main idea, there is an outline of that topic. On this page, there are also related websites where they retrieved the sources from.
Authority: This website is a non-profit research and educational institute run by a group of people who are said to have political knowledge and personal political ideas. Majority of the articles are published by James D. Agresti.
Accuracy: The information that is given, are footnoted and the appropriate citation and url are given for all the information that is taken from other websites and used for the articles. James D. Agresti gathers information from numerous websites and other resources in order to create a page outlining different sections and ideas about a specific topic.
Purpose: The purpose of this site was created in order to “research and publish verifiable facts about the leading public policy issues of our time,” by providing facts that are unbiased, accurate, and hard facts not half-truths.
Website: http://www.factcheck.org/
Currency: This website is constantly being updated once there is a story out. The latest article on this website was posted June 19th. Before then, there were articles the day before and so on.
Relevance: If one was to write an article on todays political leaders and world or just want to know what is going on in politics, this website provides numerous articles, videos, speeches, and interviews all on what is going on in todays politics and government.
Authority: The original publisher of this website is Walter Annenberg, it is now run by Brooks Jackson and many others. Although the articles do not show who has written that specific article, the site does list the many employees of that work to establish and provide for the website. www.factcheck.org is run by three sources; Annenberg Foundation, individual members of the public, and from APPC.
Accuracy: The writers and creators seem to have great knowledge on public policies and what of course, be as unbiased as one can. There are multiple writers, editors and directors each set with the mission to gather information directly and publish articles out that is relevant to politics as well as what is happening currently. Each person that is part of the website is listed, but not given direct affiliation to whom wrote each article.
Purpose: factcheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. It was created by Walter Annenberg whose mission was to establish a website covering public policy at the local, state and federal levels, which continues today on this website by numerous writers who have experience and knowledge about politics.