LibGuides: Fake News, Misleading News, Biased News: Coronavirus COVID-19

Coronavirus COVID-19 Separating fact from misinformation

The COVID-19 pandemic is underway (March 2020). How do you tell fact from misinformation in this health crisis? Here are some articles, websites, that talk about the disease, how to separate fact from fiction, etc. Scroll down for some trusted sources.

Caulfield, Mike. Sifting through the pandemic: Information hygiene for the Covid-19 infodemic.
FirstDraft. Coronavirus: Resources for Reporters
Lytvynenko, Jane. (2020, March 4). Here's a running list of the latest hoaxes spreading about the coronavirus. BuzzFeed News.
NewsGuard. Coronavirus misinformation tracking center.
Oremus, Will. The simplest way to spot coronavirus misinformation on social media
Ostman, S. 2020, March 20. Fighting fake news in the pandemic. American Libraries.
Perlow, Jason. Coronvavirus misinformation spreading fast: Fake news on COVID-19 shared far more than CDC, WHO reports.
Poynter. International Fact-checking Network
Shmerling, Robert H. Be careful where you get your news about coronavirus. Harvard Health Publishing.
Snopes. Coronavirus
UNICEF. (2020, December). Vaccine Misinformation Management Guide.
United Nations. Share Verified
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World Health Organization WHO. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters

Trusted Sources of Information about COVD-19

Johns Hopkins University: Cornavirus COVID-19 Global Cases
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Global Health Now: COVID-19 Expert Reality Check
NIH. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Florida Department of Health. COVID-19

Analysis of COVID-19 News

Covid-19: The first 100 days of U.S. news coverage: Lessons about the media ecosystem for librarians, educators, students, and journalists
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Alison J. Head, Steven Braun, Margy MacMillan, Jessica Yurkofsky, and Alaina C. Bull, “Covid-19: The first 100 days of U.S. news coverage: Lessons about the media ecosystem for librarians, educators, students, and journalists,” Project Information Literacy Research Institute. (September 15, 2020).