Sunday, February 17, 2019

Unit 4: Assignment 2

www.justfacts.com
www.factcheck.org
C
The site has a section for the latest posts to date, but the latest post was dated October 30, 2018. Most of the link would redirect you to other portions of the site, but the links that would take you to other sites are still functional.
This site has articles from February 16, 2019, and updates when something breaking happens. The links are functional and takes you to government ran sites related it certain words of the post.
R
The site has a plethora of topics that is related to the one that I’m doing, which is "The State of America". They have topics about gun control, immigration, and abortion.
The site houses a slew of topics that are related to the state of America, from happenings with the President, climate issues, bills being passed, and everything else in between.
A
James D. Agresti is the president and co-founder of justfacts.com. Each author and source of the information is credited in the footnotes at the end of the post. The site is funded by donations and have cited by sites like The Washington Post, PBS, and IBM.
Brooks Jackson is the Director Emeritus and co-founder of factcheck.org. The author is credited under the title of the article, and at the end of the post is the source of the information and key topics from the post. The site receives funding from APPC’s own resources, additional funds from the Annenberg Foundation, and grants from the Flora Family Foundation. The site has received awards from Time Magazine and PC Magazines.
A
Each post has a link to a credited site and a glossary and the end to look up certain things. you can cross reference everything on the site too.
The site receives its information from credited journalist and from government sites that can be cross referenced.
P
The purpose of the site is to post comprehensive facts and determine what is considered facts and what is not.
The purpose of this site is to reduce deception and confusion of politics for the common voter an apply good journalism to increase “public knowledge and understanding”.

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