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Factcheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. Factcheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Their goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.

NewsBusters is a project of the Media Research Center (MRC), one of the leaders in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias. In collaboration with the creators of RatherBiased.com, the MRC launched the NewsBusters blog to provide immediate exposure of liberal media bias, insightful analysis, constructive criticism and timely corrections to news media reporting. Taking advantage of the MRC's thorough and ongoing tracking of liberal media bias, including a wealth of documentation and an archive of newscast video dating back 18 years, NewsBusters aims play a leading role in blog media criticism by becoming the clearinghouse for all evidence of liberal media bias by joining to this formidable information store the contributions of already-established netizens as well as those who want to join in the web revolution.

The name "Snopes" comes from Snopes the name of a family of characters who appear throughout the works of American writer William Faulkner. Snopes.com serves as a popular tool to debunk "urban legends" and the all-too-common internet and email hoaxes that circulate our inboxes.