Personal photo works by James DeCamp

A Columbus Police Officer examines the body of a young hispanic male who was found shot and dead in the front seat of a Volkswagen in the middle of Allegheny Avenue shortly after 9 PM Friday night May 14, 2004. The victim was pronounce dead at the scene by Columbus paramedics. Columbus PD Homicide is investigating. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

A Columbus Police Officer examines the body of a young hispanic male who was found shot and dead in the front seat of a Volkswagen in the middle of Allegheny Avenue shortly after 9 PM Friday night May 14, 2004. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by Columbus paramedics. The Columbus PD Homicide squad is investigating the incident. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

I was on the streets of Columbus for more than 20 years photographing spot news for the Columbus Dispatch and other publications and have a fare share of horror stories to tell, but none compares to this:

 

A Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy shot an Ohio news photographer after confusing his camera and tripod for a weapon, according to the paper. New Carlisle News photographer Andy Grimm was shot in the side as he unloaded a tripod from his vehicle to take pictures of a traffic stop around 10 p.m. Monday September 4, 2017.

Without warning, the deputy opened fire as Grimm was setting up the tripod. The photographer said he and the deputy knew each other.
“I turned around from the Jeep and it seemed like instant, I heard pop-pop,” Grimm said from his hospital bed.

One bullet struck him in the chest and Grimm said another may have grazed his shoulder.
The officer that wounded the cameraman rushed over to help, repeatedly saying, “I thought it was a gun,” Grimm said.
“Now that I’m OK, I’m not so much mad, but when I was on the ground and in the back of the ambulance, I was kind of angry at him,” Grimm said.
New Carlisle News Publisher Dale Grimm said the photographer — his son — left work minutes before the shooting to chase a lightning storm passing over the small town, which boasts a population of about 5,700 people 20 miles north of Dayton. He encountered the traffic stop and turned his camera toward that instead.

He learned of the shooting when Grimm called from the ambulance.
“He said there was no warning, no ‘show me hands’ or ‘drop what you have,'” the paper owner said, while changing Tuesday’s front page to reflect his son’s shooting around 3 a.m.

From the hospital, Grimm retraced his steps leading up to the shooting, wondering what caused the deputy to reach for his gun.
“Until I hear his side, I guess I won’t know what I did wrong,” Grimm said.
The state’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation is probing the incident, but Grimm’s father said his son isn’t looking for swift punishment.
“Andy does not want him to get fired,” Grimm said, calling the shooting a misunderstanding.

 

Update 5/4/2019:

NEW CARLISLE, Ohio (AP) — A photojournalist shot by a sheriff’s deputy while preparing to photograph a late-night traffic stop has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against the deputy and a central Ohio county.

The Springfield News-Sun reports Andrew Grimm says he’s glad about this week’s settlement and plans to move from Clark County, where he’s lived much of his life. Grimm wouldn’t provide the settlement amount.

Grimm had gone into New Carlisle in September 2017 to photograph a lightning storm and was about to photograph a traffic stop when Clark County Deputy Jacob Shaw shot him. Shaw’s body camera recorded him telling Grimm, whom he knew, that he thought Grimm had a gun.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office says the settlement is satisfactory to both parties.

A grand jury cleared Shaw of wrongdoing.

My Back-up Strategy to keep my (your) images safe:

In short, any image I shoot is in atleast two places at all times, having a back-up is crucial to my workflow and security of the work I do.

In the camera I shoot duplicate files to two separate cards at all times.  When it is downloaded into the computer, it is duplicated on two separate hard drives, and then backed up to two separate archive systems.  Only once the job is delivered and the client has signed off on all of the deliverables, are some of the back-up files removed, but even years after a job, I still have all of the files in at least two places.

Here are the lengthy details:

My image file workflow starts well before the day of the shoot. First I create an IPTC form that is specific for that job in PhotoMechanic.  The caption field is something like this:

“EVENT photographed {iptcdow}, {iptcmonthname} {iptcday}, {iptcyear4} at LOCATION. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)”

 

Everything in brackets { } is automagically filled in from the file creation time of the file.  I make great use of many of the automatic functions in PhotoMechanic and highly recommend this product, being a power user of it for more than 20 years.

By embedding all of this information into each and every file, it allows me to easily search for images on a whole host of information – creation date, person in the photo, location, etc.  It also impregnates each and every file with my contact information and copyright.

The day before the shoot, while organizing gear and charging batteries, I erase all my cards in the camera that I will be using those cards in (companion article on camera card precautions HERE).

At the shoot, I always have two cards in my cameras.  I mainly shoot with Canon 5D MkIV’s and make full use of the dual slots in the camera having the camera write duplicate RAW files to both cards. I primarily write to the CF card slot in the camera using either a 16 or 32 Gb card that is swapped out often, and I have a 256 Gb SD card in the camera that I use as a back-up.  The SD card is big enough that I can shoot on it all day and not worry about it, and it stays in camera and close by me all day.  The CF cards are swapped out to a card wallet that I carry ON MY PERSON all day long.  It is a ThinkTank Pixel Pocket Rocket™ wallet with a nifty tether that gets attached to my belt.

I like to shoot on smaller CF cards so that, should the worst happen and a card goes bad, I haven’t lost much data (even tho I have the SD card back-up).

Once the shoot is over, lets say a wedding, where I typically have more than 100 Gb of images spread out over many cards, I return to the studio and plug all of the CF cards in at once to my main workstation (Apple Mac Pro 8 Core 3 Ghz).

I have an array of six Kingston USB 3.0 card readers (why I use these readers HERE).  I also have four legacy Lexar Firewire card readers as well as several other card readers that I use on the road that I can plug into a USB bus if needed, but the 10 usually do the trick.

I ingest all of the cards at once using PhotoMechanic which automatically creates folders with the days date.  For a typical wedding its about 2500 images on 7 or 8 cards.  While being ingested, each file is renamed, IPTC data added and the files are stored in two separate locations on two separate hard drives on the main computer with a typical wedding taking about 25-40 minutes to download and dupe everything.  Typically I just go to bed – its been a long day and sitting there watching it doesn’t make it go any faster :-).

Overnight a chron runs in Carbon Copy Cloner and duplicates one of the two full folders over to my server (one of three Mac mini (Late 2012) 4 core 2.6 Ghz with an array of drives in several Sans Digital RAID towers that are configured as JBOD’s) so when I wake up in the morning I now have all of the files from the wedding in five places (CF Camera Card, SD Camera Card, Main Computer Drive 1, Main Computer Drive 2 and Server Drive 1) – this is too many 🙂 so I start paring things down.

Sans Digital TR8U+B Black 8 Bay TowerRAID JBOD Tower

Sans Digital 8 Bay TowerRAID JBOD Tower

 

PhotoMechanic lets me know if there where any ingesting errors. Typically there aren’t any, but if there is, I search for that card and download it again.  A second run error and I will pull the SD card from the camera and download from there.

Again, typically there are no errors and I check to make sure CCC did its run overnight to the server.  If it did, then I delete the images from the CF and SD cards.  Now I’m down to three locations for the original RAW files.

I work from just one folder on my main drive, using PhotoMechanic and going thru and culling the shoot down to about 5-600 images for a typical wedding.  These culled images get copied over to a third drive (an SSD for speed) that is used by Lightroom.  I import them into LR and begin to edit them.

This ends the typical second day.  🙂

Every evening Retrospect runs on the second of my three servers and backs up all of the drives across my system to one of two arrays of 8 Tb drives in two RAID Towers.  On Monday, Wednesday, Friday its to Array ONE.  On Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, its to Array TWO.

I now have the ‘primary’ 500 or so images in four places again, plus all of the images are now backed up to two independent archive back-up’s that I can pull from if everything goes south.

Once done in Lightroom, the entire session is exported as jpg’s, 5100 pixels long side, quality of 100% to a folder on my main hard drive on my workstation.  These are tweaked in Photoshop, if need be, and then uploaded to presentation galleries on SmugMug.  The 100% quality jpg’s are stored to SmugMug.

I run a script in Photoshop which re-saves the 5100px files and compressed them at a quality of 8 to save space and then saves a duplicate version, watermarked and downsized to 900 pixels.  These are off loaded to a USB thumbdrive and uploaded to DropBox for sharing with the client.

Each night a chron runs.  The folders with compressed jpg’s is duplicated to a server drive.  The server drives (and main workstation drives) are backed-up by Retrospect each night as well.

Once the job is complete, I delete the files from my main workstation.  The .xmp sidecar files from Lightroom are moved to the folder containing ALL of the RAW files on the server for future access if needed.  That way I don’t loose my work in Lightroom incase I would need to rebuild the jpgs one day.  The RAW files, .xmp sidecars and uncompressed jpg’s stay permanently on my server (I currently have 64 Tb of easily accessible hard drive space and its more than 3/4 full – I have more than 20 years of files :-).  I have a number of older drives off line with the oldest, less demanded files.

All of the RAW image back-up servers is constantly being backed up to BackBlaze at about 50Gb/ day.
All of the finished jpg’s are backed up to SmugMug.
God forbid, if everything gets fried in a fire or drowned in a flood, I will have everything off-site and can rebuild.

So to sum up – in camera, I have two back-ups.  Once in my system each RAW image file is in at least three places at all times, and then the jpg files are triple backed up as well, with at least two versions in house and a third off site on SmugMug.  I have made sure over time that SmugMug is a complete back-up (about 3 Tb) for all of my jpg files as a last resort restore, much of which is stored in hidden galleries not accessible to the public.  I also keep nearly a Tb of data on DropBox at all times, deleting off the older files only when I need more room.  This keeps about a nine months to a year of deliverable files backed-up.

Oh yeah, if you read carefully, I have three servers, but only listed jobs for two.  The third server is for running a plex media server and has half a dozen drives of media that I have converted from CD’s and DVD’s over the years.  It also serves as a web server that hosts several of my websites [ http://www.ohiophotojournalist.com, http://www.columbusvirtualtour.com, http://www.ohiophotojournal.com ] and works as an FTP drop point for my clients.

The JamesDeCamp.com website is actually hosted thru iPage, rather than my personal server.  I do that for dependability and security, as well as the convenience of mail hosting.  For a time I used my own server for mail hosting and sorting, but found the upkeep and maintenance too time consuming.

Does all this make sense?  Have any questions, please let me know or drop me a comment below.

Komen Columbus Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace.

 

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

 

 

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Josh Begley has created a number of wonderful and informative videos in the last couple of years. Titling himself as a ‘Data Artist’, he has taken public documents and made them into moving art, literally.  This installment in his portfolio is no different and simply shows the front page of the New York Times through its 164 year history.

With five rows of nine newspapers, viewers travel at high velocity through the last 164 years of America’s news. The New York Times published its first issue on September 18, 1851 when the paper is all text, the video quickly advances to the first use of pictures, while the first photos published by the paper appeared in a Sunday magazine in 1896, May 29, 1910 marks the first front page photographed published by the Times.  The video continues with larger black-and-white photos taking over the page, and finally today’s predominantly color photo-oriented front pages (The first color photograph appeared on the front page in 1997).

What’s striking about the piece is that it captures the inevitability of change, with what must have been huge news items flashing perpetually across the screen, framed by the constancy of institutions, as much as the world morphs and evolves across the page, the masthead up top remains unbroken.

His previous videos have included Google street views of every officer involved shooting in 2016 (LINK HERE) and a voyage across the US-Mexico border, stitched together from 200,000 satellite images  (LINK HERE).

 

Every NYT front page since 1852 from Josh Begley on Vimeo.

What To Do If You Are Stopped Or Detained For Taking Photographs

During my many years on the street for several different newspapers and magazines I was stopped by police and security personnel dozens of times from taking images of events and even buildings and once even detained shortly.  On more than one occasion I was asked to hand over or destroy the film and CF cards that the images resided on.  Knowing my rights, I stood firmly and did not allow this.

The image below is one example of an image that caused my detention – photographed from a road, belonging to the county, an American Electric Power security guard stopped me and threatened me, demanded my camera card and forcibly detained me.  Luckily a Sheriffs deputy was passing by, saw the confrontation, and having a more level head than the security guard defused the situation.

The American Electric Power Conesville Power Plant, 47201 County Road 273, Conesville, Ohio photographed Wednesday night October 1, 2008. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkIII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

The American Electric Power Conesville Power Plant, 47201 County Road 273, Conesville, Ohio photographed Wednesday night October 1, 2008.
(© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)
[Photographed with Canon 1D MkIII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

The American Civil Liberties Union has a wonderful website post regarding the law and how to deal with being restrained from taking images in public places.

Taking photographs of things that are plainly visible from public spaces is a constitutional right – and that includes federal buildings, transportation facilities, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties. Unfortunately, there is a widespread, continuing pattern of law enforcement officers ordering people to stop taking photographs from public places, and harassing, detaining and arresting those who fail to comply.

LEARN MORE at the ACLU site.

 

 

Why you should not delete images on your memory card using your camera!

As many of you know, I have been I have spent my life in the photography business and first went fully digital in 1997 so I literally have decades of experience dealing with the ins and outs of memory cards. While I personally use Kingston memory cards, this piece is for ANY memory card user.

James DeCamp Photography. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

(© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

First, let me explain how a memory card works in simple terms for you.

Most people look at a memory card as a piece of plastic or metal, and they don’t think much about them. But inside there is a LOT of intelligence. There is flash memory, a controller and many more electronic elements. The quality of that memory and controller often determines the speed and quality of your card.

Everything on your card is controlled by something called a File Allocation Table (FAT Table). If you think of your card as a book, the FAT Table is a Table of Contents. When you do a simple format of a memory card, you are not actually erasing the card, you are just clearing the FAT Table – removing the Table of Contents, but the chapters of the book still remain on the card, but are more difficult to recover. Yep, all the images will remain on your card until you shoot more and overwrite them. This is why you can use a program like Lexar’s Image Rescue, SanDisk’s Rescue Pro or other data recovery software to recover images from a card even after it is formatted.

This was made too apparent to a friend of mine about 15 years ago – he had shot a baseball game for his newspaper, but made the mistake of formatting the card (in camera) right after the game before he had downloaded the images. He called me in a panic to see if I could recover them. “Sure, come by the paper and I can pull everything off the card that is there AS LONG AS YOU HAVEN’T USED IT SINCE YOU FORMATTED IT.” He was in the office in 10 minutes and I used my recovery software to get his images back. One by one all of his old images started to appear in the browser window of the recovery software. A city council meeting from a week ago, an environmental portrait from two weeks ago, a track meet, a few images of the baseball game scattered through out. More started coming in, some older images. I could see the concern on his face “This will get everything off the card”, “Yes, it will get any image as long as it hasn’t been overwritten.” More older images mixed with his baseball game. More concern. Then the boudoir images of his girlfriend in lingerie started popping up from more than a month ago and I understood his concern – haha.

So here are some tips, which I am going to write in the order of importance:

1. DO NOT erase images from your memory card in your camera!
What I mean by this is: Do not go through your photos and delete them one by one using your camera. I see people (especially wire service photogs) doing this all the time and it is a REALLY bad idea. Your camera is not very smart at managing the data on your memory card. Deleting individual images from the card using your camera is a great way to scramble that FAT Table we talked about before. DON’T DO IT! Memory cards have gotten so inexpensive and large, that you should not have to delete images to save space (I know the wire service guys are editing in camera to save time, but just TAG the images, don’t delete!) Just pop in a new card and keep shooting. Once you have downloaded to your computer, and backed up the images THEN format your card to use it again.

2. Format your memory cards in your camera, not on your computer.
I have seen countless web sites which tell people to format their memory cards on your computer. This is just WRONG! You want to format the cards in the camera. And you should do this on the camera your are shooting with. I am currently shooting with the Canon 5D MkIV, Canon 1DX, Canon 5D MkIII, and I format the card in the camera I am using. You are reading this correctly…I do not format in one Canon camera and move it to another. Will they work? Yup but it may cause issues down the road. It is also terrible to pull a memory card out of one camera model and put it into another without formatting. I have seen people shooting with a Canon camera, pull the card out and start using it in a Nikon camera – Big. Bad. No. No. Each camera manufacturer has its own special sauce and likes to be formatted a certain way.

3. Format after EACH shoot.
It is a good idea to format your cards after each shoot. Once you have downloaded your card and have the images IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE, you should format that card in the camera you will be using it in before it’s next use. It keeps things cleaner on the card.

4. Use a good card reader!
I can not tell you how many times I have seen pro photographers take a high quality card out of a $10k camera and put it into a cheap no-name reader. It only causes problems. When a co-worker would ask me about a corrupted memory card, one of my first questions would be is “What card reader are you using?” Memory card readers have intelligent controllers inside them, just like the cards, and cards like the readers that have similar controllers. I have seen more cards corrupted in a reader than in a camera. I have also seen many cards that are absolutely fine in one reader, and show corruption in another reader.  I use Kingston cards – I use Kingston readers.

5. Don’t fill a card completely.
Even though most memory cards are built really well and have all kinds of intelligence in them, it is not a good idea to fill a card completely. I always pull my cards (if possible) when there are a dozen or so frames left on the card. I always have dozens of cards at the ready and don’t worry about overfilling one single card. (I also do the same with my computer hard drives. I never fill them completely – there performance goes down significantly if you fill more than 90-95% of the drive).

6. Don’t pull a memory card out of your camera or card reader when data is being written or read from the card.
It’s just common sense and all of the instruction manuals will tell you in all capital letters – if data is being transferred to / from the card and that process is interrupted, it is quite possible that you will lose some or all of your photos. And don’t always trust the red light on your camera to determine is data is being transferred. Before I pull my memory cards, I always wait an extra couple of seconds after the red light on the cameras goes off, signifying that the data is done being written to the card.

7. Use both your card slots for safety.
If you have two card slots in your camera, write your images redundantly to both cards to have more safety and peace of mind. This way, if one card gets corrupted, you can most likely get the images off of the other card. In my 5D MkIV, I use both slots – the CF card is always a 16Gb or smaller card and is swapped out frequently (more on this later). The SD slot has a 256 Gb card in it that I can shoot all day on. I only depend on the CF cards for primary image transfers, but should one become corrupt, I have everything on the SD card. All cards are reformatted once all of the images have been triple backed up on my computer system.

8. Purchase name brand memory cards.
As you may have guessed, I use Kingston memory cards in all my cameras, but that is not to say that they are the only good company out there. Lexar, SanDisk and others make good products as well. There are others too, but make sure that you do not use one of those cards made by a no-named company. A simple price comparison is the key – if its cheaper than the three mentioned here – its too cheap and will be risky to use. Remember, you are trusting your images to the card! And if your a pro, your clients are trusting you with their business. You are going to be using the card over and over, so spending a couple of dollars more to get a better product, in the long run, will not cost you much more. Nothing angers me more than seeing a “pro” shooting with a great camera, expensive lens and a crappy memory card.

9. Shoot on small cards.
How many pictures can you afford to loose at once? Todays name brand camera cards are VERY dependable if treated right, but errors and failures DO and WILL happen. By shooting on small cards (16Gb) you can mitigate your loss. If everything from a wedding is shot on a 128 Gb card and it goes south – you’ve lost EVERYTHING, including your reputation (“NEVER hire him – he lost all our wedding photos”). If the same wedding is shot on eight 16 Gb cards, you’ve only lost the getting ready images or part of the reception, and you can probably sweet talk or discount your way out of a bad situation. And its not just card failures – I can’t count the number of times that I have found (unlabeled) cards on the sidelines of a sporting event or had a venue call me after an event asking if I had lost a card because it was not labeled. People (YOU and me!) are sometimes stupid and drop things – which leads me to #10.

10. Label your cards.
I have my name and phone number on ALL of my cards. A Brother PTouch Labeler can print tiny 6 pt text that will fit on the spine of your CF cards. If your card gets lost without your contact info on it, you have NO HOPE of getting it back. If its labeled, you atleast have some hope of a good samaritan calling you. 🙂
I also number all of my cards (or more precisely alphabetize them) with small peel and stick labels. This way I know at a glance that I have all my cards: A-Z. It also helps in case I have a camera error while shooting – I can pull that card – make note that card ‘H’ may be going bad, and retire it from use. Without such labelling all the cards look the same.

11. Cards wear out – replace them frequently.
In practice, it takes an awful lot of use and and abuse and isn’t a practical concern for the vast majority of weekend photographers. A figure of 100,000 read/write cycles used to be bandied as Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF), but more modern cards measure their failure rates in millions of hours of continuous use. Higher end card manufacturers build into the card controller features that help with distributing the write cycles evenly across the card so that no one spot gets much more use than any other, a process known as wear leveling. But the very fact that wear leveling is built in is a good indicator that there is some wear and tear. I replace my cards every two years. Since it was a gradual build up of cards, I am typically replacing two or three cards every month – it helps distribute the cost over time as well.
One issue that I have run into with this is the push for larger and larger cards as they get faster and faster. Its getting hard to find a speedy small card 🙁 (to comply with rule #9)

Here are some common misconceptions about memory cards:
* If memory cards get dropped in water, the data will be lost forever!
This is not true. Because memory cards are made with solid state memory, it is not uncommon for them to go through the washer and dryer and still be useable. Knowing that a card has taken such abuse I would never keep using that card. But most likely your data will still be on the card and can be recovered.

* You must keep your cards in covers.
I use the ThinkTank Pixel PocketRockets to protect my cards and forgo the little snap cases that come with the cards. The one thing you have to make sure is that lint or dirt doesn’t get into the holes of a CF card. The pins will probably push the dirt to the back of the hole, and there is a bit of room back there, but repeated build-up could cause you to bend a pin in your card reader, or worse, your camera, and lead to an expensive repair.

* Going through airport X-Ray machines can damage your cards
Many people have asked me how they should travel with their memory cards, especially at airports. In the old days, the X-Ray machines could damage high speed speed film, but X-ray machines pose no threat to the solid state memory cards you own today.
To sum all this up…

After reading this blog post, I hope you have a better understanding of your memory cards and readers and appreciate them a little more. There is so much technology packed into these devices, but they are so small and unassuming that it is easy to take them for granted.

These are simple tips that could save you from a disastrous situation. I hope that these help all of you to keep your memory cards and images safe now and in the future.

In case you are wondering…here are the cards and readers I am currently using:

You’ve seen his recent photographs in (614) Magazine.

For thirty years, James DeCamp has captured Columbus with his camera.

He’s seen our best and our worst.

“Columbus is always changing,” he said. “You can always find ‘new’ in the change.”

DeCamp was a photographer with The Columbus Dispatch for 12 years, but now has his own company, James DeCamp Photography.

“Each part of the city has a different story and history,” he told ABC6/FOX28. “It’s fun to see all that.”

The sizing of images for social media platforms is a constantly moving target, and while the below suggestions are current as of 8/1/2018, but it may change at any moment :-).

The need for strong social media presence will only increase in prominence in the future. This is why you really need to keep up to speed with your business / brand / personal profiles, and to optimize them with the right images to represent you!

The suggestions below explains what the best image sizes are for each social network and the image types to use. Most of the major social media platforms are listed here so you’re up-to-date with social media platform optimization.

These graphic displays offer specific dimensions and have some quick tips and insights to help you make your mind up on what photo to use on what social media platform.  Enjoy!

 


 

FACEBOOK

Cover Image: 820 x 310 pixels (a preferred maximum file size of 100 KB)
You can edit and add creative images as your cover photo that represents you or your business in the correct sense. Try to maintain a minimum size of about 399 x 150 pixels.

Profile Image: 180 x 180 pixels
Unlike the cover photo, which only appears on your Facebook page, your Facebook profile picture will be seen on your page, on posts where you comment, on the timelines of others where you post messages, in search results of

Shared Image: 1200 x 630 pixels
You can engage your friends or business followers in meaningful conversations by sharing useful images on your Facebook timeline. These will appear in the news feeds of your friends and followers. It will appear in feed at a max width of 470 pixels (will scale to a max of 1:1) and will appear on page at a max width of 504 pixels (again scaling to a max of 1:1).

Shared Link: 1200 x 627 pixels
Facebook will scale photos under the minimum dimensions. For better results, increase image resolution at the same scale as the minimum size.

Highlighted Image: 1200 x 717 pixels
While this will appear on your page at 843 x 504 pixels, choose a higher resolution at that scale for better quality.

Event Image: 1200 x 717 pixels
Facebook will scale down to minimum dimensions: 470 × 174 and will show in the feed as 470 × 174.

 

 

 

Social Media Image Sizing for Facebook

Social Media Image Sizing for Facebook

 


 

INSTAGRAM

Profile Image: 110 x 110 pixels
Photo Size: 1080 x 1080 pixels (Instagram will show it as a 612px x 612px image)
Photo Thumbnails: 161 x 161 pixels
Video To Stories: 750 x 1334 pixels
Portrait: 1080 x 1350 pixels (Instagram will show it as a 600px x 749px image)
Landscape: 1080 x 566 pixels (Instagram will show it as a 600px x 400px image)
For Instagram images, you need to maintain an aspect ratio of 1:1 to fill their square box format.  You CAN do portrait and landscape images by pinching the image in the app to make it smaller.

You need to take special care with the image quality because limited text content is shared on this platform. It is more about the pictures and visuals!

Social Media Image Sizing for Instagram

Social Media Image Sizing for Instagram

 


 

TWITTER

Profile Image: 400 x 400 pixels (a maximum 100 KB file size)
It is often said that the “first impression is the last impression”!
Your Twitter profile picture is your main identification mark that will be visible to everyone. It will be visible on your home page, on the Twitter stream of your followers whenever you Tweet and so on. Since it represents you or your brand, the image should be of the highest quality.

Header Image: 1500 x 500 pixels (a maximum 10 MB file size)
You can use an eye-catchy, creative image for your high-resolution header photo on your Twitter profile page. As a business, your Twitter page header photo should be in sync with your logo, tagline and brand.

In-stream Photos: 440 x 220 pixels (a maximum 5 MB file size for photos and 3 MB file size for animated gifs)

You can post up to four pictures along with your tweets on this platform. For every in-stream picture, an image link is created which takes up the Twitter character space. You simply need to maintain the 2:1 ratio of the images which can be reduced to a smaller version to effectively fit your follower’s stream.

Social Media Image Sizing for Twitter

Social Media Image Sizing for Twitter

 


 

LINKEDIN

Personal Background Image: 1584 x 396
Profile Image: 400 x 400 pixels (Recommend 1200×1200 to maintain best quality)

Brand / Company Background Image: 1584 x 768
Standard Logo: 400 x 400 pixels
Business Banner Image: 646 x 220 pixels (minimum)
Hero Image: 974 x 330 pixels
Square logo: 60 x 60 pixels

Banner images is one of the newest and most prominent of the images that you can use on LinkedIn. This image appears when a user visits your brand’s homepage. Since this image is located on your homepage it’s likely the visitor is actively searching for your brand, so use this opportunity to reel them in with a great image.

Social Media Image Sizing for LinkedIn

Social Media Image Sizing for LinkedIn

 


 

TUMBLR

Profile Image: 128 x 128 pixels
You can use a good looking square profile picture that visually represents you or your business on Tumblr. It will appear on your profile page, next to the button to “follow” you when someone lands on your page and as thumbnails next to your posts in your follower’s feeds.
Image Posts: 500 x 750 pixels
You can post images with up to 10 MB file sizes (except for animated gifs which should not be more than 1 MB). You can thus upload really high-quality pictures for your Tumblr posts.

Social Media Image Sizing for Tumblr

Social Media Image Sizing for Tumblr

 


 

PINTEREST

Profile Image: 165 x 165 pixels
A Pinterest profile picture may not be as important as that of Facebook or Twitter profile pictures. However, you still need to use a nice one. After all, anyone who arrives at your board or pins through the keyword search will probably have a look at your profile too.
Board Display Image: 222 x 150 pixels
Use eye-catchy images for posting on the relevant Pinterest boards.
Pin Sizes: a width of 238 pixels (with scaled height)
Though these are the dimensions for your Pinterest pins, expanded pins will have a minimum width of 600 pixels. You can post larger images (as only the width is fixed, while the length can be scaled further up) for better engagement and more re-pins or likes.

Social Media Image Sizing for Pinterest

Social Media Image Sizing for Pinterest

 


 

YOUTUBE

Channel Cover Image: 2560 x 1440 pixels (for desktop), 1855 x 423 pixels (for tablets), 1546 x 423 pixels (for smartphones), and 2560 x 1440 pixels (for TV)

The sizes are optimised for the different platforms as YouTube videos are often streamed using any of the above mentioned platforms. Also, the video channel cover image should tell your viewers more about the kind of videos that they will probably be able to view on your channel.

Channel Profile Image: 800 x 800 pixels (displays as 98px x 98px)

Video Uploads: 1280 x 760 pixels

Since YouTube is a video sharing site and not an image sharing one, you need to maintain this 16:9 aspect ratio for the videos that you upload.

Social Media Image Sizing for YouTube

Social Media Image Sizing for YouTube

 


 

GOOGLE+

Profile Image: 250 x 250 pixels
Again, this picture will be your identity across the Google+ network. Even though the dimensions are for a square image, your Google+ profile picture appears as a circle.
So, you need to take special care of how your image looks without the important parts being cut out.
Cover Image: 1080 x 608 pixels
You can use a large picture representing your brand, logo and business tagline as your Google+ cover image.
Shared Image 1: 497 x 373 pixels
You can share images on your Google+ posts and indicate the specific “circles” with whom you want to share the image and for whom it may be more relevant. Remember, such images (along with the associated text) are likely to turn up in the Google search engine for search queries related to your posts or business.
Shared Image 2: 150 x 150 pixels
Shared Video: 496 pixels wide
You can use a large picture representing your brand, logo and business tagline as your Google+ cover image.

Social Media Image Sizing for Google+

Social Media Image Sizing for Google+

 


 

ELLO

Banner image: 2560 x 1440 pixels
Profile image: 360 x 360 pixels

For this professional social networking platform, you should make sure that all your images are embedded with text to add more contexts. Make sure that you use creativity to showcase the most relevant things about your business and brand in the banner image as well as in your cover image.

It is bound to get you connected and engaged with more professionals. Even from a personal profile perspective, you can leverage the most out of this platform by having creative images to make professionals sit up and take notice.

Social Media Image Sizing for Ello

Social Media Image Sizing for Ello

 


 

SNAPCHAT

Geofilter: 1080 x 1920 pixels

All photos taken in the app are 1080 x 1920. Custom geo-filters must be created in this size to be applied properly on a photo taken within the app.

Social Media Image Sizing for SnapChat

Social Media Image Sizing for SnapChat

 


 

WEIBO

Cover Image: 920 x 300 pixels
Contest Preview: 640 x 640 pixels
Profile Image: 200 x 200 pixels (displays as 100 x 100 pixels)
Banner Image: 560 x 260 pixels
Instream Image: 120 x 120 pixels

Weibo is a popular, Twitter-like social media service with millions of users in China. With more than 600 million users and around 200 million monthly active users Weibo is still one of the most popular social media platforms in China. It is an important presence for companies, celebrities and individuals who want to be seen in China.
To register an official company Weibo account you will require a company registered in China or a distributor/representative with presence in China.

Social Media Image Sizing for Weibo

Social Media Image Sizing for Weibo

 


 

WE CHAT

Profile Image: 200 x 200 pixels
Article Preview Header Image: 900 x 500 pixels
Article Preview Header Thumbnail: 400 x 400 pixels (displays 200 x 200 pixels)
Article Inline Image: 400 x AnySize pixels (larger size recommended to maintain quality)

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent.

Social Media Image Sizing for WeChat

Social Media Image Sizing for WeChat

Graphics by the wonderful people at Make A Website Hub

Original post and a downloadable PDF of these graphics can be found HERE.

Photography credits:
Linkedin Profile Photo by Ben White on Unsplash
Linkedin Hero Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash
YouTube Image Photo by Adam Whitlock on Unsplash
SnapChat Image by behance.com/juricakoletic
WeChat Image Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Ello Photo by Thomas Kelley on Unsplash
Tumblr Photo by Jared Sluyter on Unsplash

The Pope has endorsed Donald Trump for president.

A Washington, DC, pizzeria is a front for a child sex abuse ring.

George Soros will “bring down” the U.S. by funding “black hate groups.”

These are just some examples of viral stories circulated on social media recently that are completely untrue. Facebook announced some steps it’s taking to stop the spread of such “fake news” on its huge social network in December 2016.

This includes working with outside fact-checking organizations and drying up financial incentives to what it calls the “worst of the worst” spammers that traffic in made-up stories. But there are basic things news readers can do themselves to spot fake news. And if you want, you can report them to Facebook, which can flag stories for fact-checkers to evaluate.

— CHECK THE SOURCE

Some hoax sites, designed to draw you in for advertising revenue, feature designs that resemble legitimate, well-known websites. Such “spoofing” can be quite effective — but there are often telltale signs to indicate their true nature.

For example, you should be vary of articles on sites whose addresses, or URLs, that end in “com.co,” writes Melissa Zimdars, a communications professor at Merrimack College whose own list of “fake news” sites went viral. (She has since taken it down and published a more general guide which I have pasted below under CC License – last updated 12/16.) You can also check the website’s “about” page, its list of contacts, and other stories and photos on it. Poke around a little; if things look less-than-official, you’re probably on a spoof site.

— GRAMMAR AND EMOTIONS

Random use of ALL CAPS? Lots of exclamation points? Does it make sense when you read it out loud? Can you imagine a TV newscaster reading it out loud? Is there something just off about it? Does it sound very angry, inflammatory, emotional? None of these are good signs.

— POKE AROUND FOR OTHER COVERAGE

If a story is real and really big, you will likely (though not always) see some version of it from multiple sources. Is it on sites like ABC News, The Associated Press, the New York Times, or other places you have heard of? Is it featured in your local newspaper, the one printed on actual paper?

Let’s put it this way: If the pope actually endorsed Trump, you’d see it everywhere.

— SOURCES, SOURCES, SOURCES

Anonymous sources can appear in legit as well as made-up news stories. But Googling the people who are named in a story is a good way to check whether the story itself is real. They might have a LinkedIn profile, or appear in other news stories, for example. Someone says they are a university professor? Google the name of the university. Is it a health study on a new cure for cancer? Look it up.

— ON FACEBOOK

Facebook users often share articles without reading them. Don’t be that person.

Instead, click on the link and read the story before hitting the “share” button. If you believe a story someone shared is fake, you can post a comment, or report it to Facebook for outside fact-checking by clicking on the gray arrow on the upper right corner and selecting “report this post.” You’ll get an option for “It’s a fake news story.”

 


 

False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical “News” Sources

Tips for analyzing news sources: 

  • Avoid websites that end in “lo” ex: Newslo (Newslo is now found at Politicops.com). These sites take pieces of accurate information and then packaging that information with other false or misleading “facts” (sometimes for the purposes of satire or comedy).
  • Watch out for common news websites that end in “.com.co” as they are often fake versions of real news sources (remember: this is also the domain for Colombia!)
  • Watch out if known/reputable news sites are not also reporting on the story. Sometimes lack of coverage is the result of corporate media bias and other factors, but there should typically be more than one source reporting on a topic or event.
  • Odd domain names generally equal odd and rarely truthful news.
  • Lack of author attribution may, but not always, signify that the news story is suspect and requires verification.
  • Some news organizations are also letting bloggers post under the banner of particular news brands; however, many of these posts do not go through the same editing process (ex: BuzzFeed Community Posts, Kinja blogs, Forbes blogs).
  • Check the “About Us” tab on websites or look up the website on Snopes or Wikipedia for more information about the source.
  • Bad web design and use of ALL CAPS can also be a sign that the source you’re looking at should be verified and/or read in conjunction with other sources.
  • If the story makes you REALLY ANGRY it’s probably a good idea to keep reading about the topic via other sources to make sure the story you read wasn’t purposefully trying to make you angry (with potentially misleading or false information) in order to generate shares and ad revenue. Thanks to Ed Brayton for this tip!
  • If the website you’re reading encourages you to DOX individuals, it’s unlikely to be a legitimate source of news.
  • It’s always best to read multiple sources of information to get a variety of viewpoints and media frames. Sources such as The Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, and Fox News vacillate between providing important, legitimate, problematic, and/or hyperbolic news coverage, requiring readers and viewers to verify and contextualize information with other sources.
  • For more tips on analyzing the credibility and reliability of sources, please check out School Library Journal (they also provide an extensive list of media literacy resources) and the Digital Resource Center.

OpenSources Steps for Analyzing Websites:

Step 1:  Title/Domain Analysis. If words like “.wordpress” or “blogger” are in the domain that usually signifies it’s a personal blog rather than a news source. If slight variations of well known websites appear, such as “.com.co,” this is usually a sign that the website is fake version of a source. However, remember that foreign reputable news organizations may have these country-specific domains.

Step 2: About Us Analysis. I usually google every title/domain name/anyone listed in the “About Us” section to see if anyone has previously reported on the website (snopes, hoax-slayer, politifact, factcheck.org, etc.) or whether it has a wikipedia page or something similar detailing its background. This is useful for identifying and correctly interpreting lesser known and/or new websites that may be on the up-and-up, such as satirical sources or websites that are explicit about their political orientation.

Then I look for information about the credentials and backgrounds of affiliated writers (is it a content mill or do they pay their writers?), editors, publishers, and domain owners (who.is etc.). It’s also useful to see if the website has a “Legal” or “Disclaimer” section. Many satirical websites disclose this information in those sections.

A total lack of About Us, Contact US, or any other type of identifying information may mean that the website is not a legitimate source of information.

Step 3: Source Analysis. Does the website mention/link to a study or source? Look up the source/study. Do you think it’s being accurately reflected and reported? Are officials being cited? Can you confirm their quotes elsewhere? Some media literacy and critical scholars call this triangulation: Verify details, facts, quotes, etc. with multiple sources.

Step 4: Writing Style Analysis. Does the website follow AP Style Guide or another style guide? Typically, lack of style guide may indicate an overall lack of editing or fact-checking process. Does it frequently use ALL CAPS in headlines and/or body text? Does the headline or body of the text use words like WOW!, SLAUGHTER!, DESTROY!? This stylistic practice and these types of hyperbolic word choices are often used to create emotional responses with readers that is avoided in more traditional styles of journalism.

Step 5:  Aesthetic Analysis. Like the style-guide, many fake and questionable news sites utilize very bad design. Usually this means screens are cluttered with text and heavy-handed photoshopping or born digital images.

Step 6: Social Media Analysis.  Look up the website on Facebook. Do the headlines and posts rely on sensational or provocative language– aka clickbait– in order to attract attention and encourage likes, clickthroughs, and shares? Do the headlines and social media descriptions match or accurately reflect the content of the linked article? (this step isn’t particularly good at helping us find fake news, but it can help us identify other misleading news sources)

By considering all of these areas of information we can determine which category or categories a

website may occupy, although all categorizations are by necessity open to discussion and revision.

Website Labels for OpenSources.co:

Fake News (tag fake): Sources that entirely fabricate information, disseminate deceptive content, or grossly distort actual news reports.

Satire (tag satire): Sources that use humor, irony, exaggeration, ridicule, and false information to comment on current events.

‘Extreme’ Bias (tag bias): Sources that come from a particular point of view and may rely on propaganda, decontextualized information, and opinions distorted as facts.

Conspiracy (tag conspiracy): Sources that are well-known promoters of kooky conspiracy theories. Ex: 9/11 conspiracies, chem-trails, lizard people in the sewer systems, birther rumors, flat earth ‘theory,’ fluoride as mind control, vaccines as mind control etc.

Rumor Mill (tag rumor): Sources that traffic in rumors, gossip, innuendo, and unverified claims.

State News (tag state): Sources in repressive states operating under government sanction.

Junk Science (tag junksci): Sources that promote pseudoscience, metaphysics, naturalistic fallacies, and other scientifically dubious claims.

Hate News (tag hate): Sources that actively promote racism, misogyny, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination.

Clickbait (tag clickbait): Sources that provide generally credible content, but use exaggerated, misleading, OR questionable headlines, social media descriptions, and/or images.  These sources may also use sensational language to generate interest, clickthroughs, and shares, but their content is typically verifiable.

Proceed With Caution (tag unreliable): Sources that may be reliable but whose contents require further verification or to be read in conjunction with other sources.

*Political (tag political): Sources that provide generally verifiable information in support of certain points of view or political orientations.

*Credible (tag reliable): Sources that circulate news and information in a manner consistent with traditional and ethical practices in journalism (Remember: even credible sources sometimes rely on clickbait-style headlines or occasionally make mistakes. No news organization is perfect, which is why a healthy news diet consists of multiple sources of information).

Unknown (tag unidentified): Sources that have not yet been analyzed (many of these were suggested by readers/users or are found on other lists and resources). Help us expand our resource by providing us information!

Note: Tags like political and credible are being used for two reasons: 1.) they were suggested by viewers of the document or OpenSources and circulate news 2.) the credibility of information and of organizations exists on a continuum, which this project aims to demonstrate. For now, mainstream news organizations are not included because they are well known to a vast majority of readers.

Working Website List for OpenSources.co:

The below list of websites is a combination of my original list in this google document, numerous other lists on the internet, and suggestions from readers/internet users. All tagged websites have been analyzed by myself or one of the librarians I’m working with on OpenSources. All websites tagged as “unknown”  still need to be analyzed, and some of them may be removed entirely from the resource for various reasons (i.e. it doesn’t circulate “news” or the website no longer exists). Finally, please remember that all tags may be subject to revision based on feedback, discussion, continued analysis, or website changes etc.

Current count: 1001

Google Spreadsheet Version

 

url type 2nd type 3rd type Link active?
100percentfedup.com bias
16wmpo.com fake
21stcenturywire.com conspiracy
24newsflash.com fake
24wpn.com fake
365usanews.com bias conspiracy
4threvolutionarywar.wordpress.com bias conspiracy
70news.wordpress.com fake
82.221.129.208 conspiracy fake
aanirfan.blogspot.co.uk unreliable
abcnews.com.co fake
abcnewsgo.co fake
abeldanger.net conspiracy
abovetopsecret.com conspiracy rumor
abriluno.com satire fake
aceflashman.wordpress.com satire
actforamerica.org/news hate
Acting-Man.com unreliable conspiracy
activistpost.com conspiracy
actualidadpanamericana.com satire
addictinginfo.org clickbait unreliable
adflegal.org/media hate
adobochronicles.com satire
advocate.com political reliable
aheadoftheherd.com bias
ahtribune.com unreliable bias
allnewspipeline.com unreliable conspiracy
Alt-Market.com conspiracy bias
alternativemediasyndicate.com fake
alternet.org political reliable
americablog.com bias clickbait
americanborderpatrol.com hate
americanfreepress.net conspiracy bias
AmericanKabuki.blogspot.com junksci
americanlookout.com bias clickbait
americannews.com fake
americannewsx.com political bias satire
americanoverlook.com fake
americanpatriotdaily.com bias clickbait bias
americanpoliticnews.co fake
americanpresident.co fake
americanprogress.org political reliable
americanreviewer.com conspiracy
americanthinker.com bias
americantoday.news rumor bias
americasfreedomfighters.com bias clickbait
AmmoLand.com bias
amplifyingglass.com clickbait satire
Amposts.com fake
amren.com hate conspiracy
amren.com hate
amtvmedia.com rumor unreliable
amusmentic.com clickbait rumor
ancient-code.com junksci unreliable
anews24.org/ fake
angrypatriotmovement.com conspiracy fake
anonews.co unreliable
anonhq.com unreliable
anonjekloy.tk fake
anonnews.co unreliable
anotherdayintheempire.com bias conspiracy
antiwar.com bias unreliable
antoniusaquinas.wp.com bias conspiracy
aryannationswordwide1488.org hate
asia-pacificresearch.com unreliable satire
assassinationscience.com conspiracy junksci
associatedmediacoverage.com satire
attn.com political clickbait
aurora-news.us fake
AutomaticEarth.com unreliable
automotostar.com clickbait
awarenessact.com conspiracy junksci
awazetribune.com satire
awdnews.com conspiracy
awm.com unreliable bias clickbait
BadSquad.com unknown
baptistnews.com political
barenakedislam.com hate
barnesreview.org hate
BB4SP.com conspiracy bias fake
beehivebugle.com satire
beforeitsnews.com fake conspiracy rumor
betootaadvocate.com satire
bients.com clickbait
bigamericannews.com satire fake
bigbluedimension.com rumor bias
bigbluevision.com hate
bigbluevision.org clickbait bias
bighairynews.com fake conspiracy
bignuggetnews.com bias rumor
bigpzone.com unknown
bipartisanreport.com clickbait bias
blackagendareport.com unreliable
blackgenocide.org conspiracy bias hate
blackinusrancenews.com fake unreliable
blacklistednews.com clickbait unreliable
bluenationreview.com clickbait unreliable
Boilingfrogspost.com unreliable
borowitzreport.com satire
bostonleader.com fake
bostontribune.com satire fake
breaking911.com clickbait unreliable
breakpoint.org unreliable
breitbart.com political unreliable bias
BrotherJohnF.com bias conspiracy
BullionBullsCanada.com conspiracy
burrardstreetjournal.com satire
buzzfeedusa.com fake rumor
bvanews.com unreliable bias fake
callthecops.net satire
canadafreepress.com conspiracy bias
cannasos.com fake unreliable
cap-news.com fake
cato.org/blog political reliable
cbsnews.com.co fake
celebtricity.com satire
centerforsecuritypolicy.org bias conspiracy
centerforsecuritypolicy.org/#articles hate
channel-7-news.com fake
channel18news.com fake
charismanews.com bias
chaser.com.au satire
checkoutthehealthyworld.com junksci clickbait
chicksontheright.com clickbait bias
christianfightback.com hate bias
christianpost.com reliable political
christiantimesnewspaper.com rumor bias fake
christwire.org satire
chronicle.su satire
chroniclesmagazine.org political
citizensunited.org bias
city-journal.org political
cityworldnews.com fake
civictribune.com fake
clashdaily.com fake conspiracy bias
clickhole.com satire
cnnews3.com fake
cnnnext.com unreliable
CNSNews.com unreliable bias
coasttocoastam.com unreliable
collective-evolution.com junksci
collectivelyconscious.net junksci conspiracy
ComingDepression.com unknown
commentarymagazine.com political
commondreams.org political clickbait
concisepolitics.com conspiracy hate
consciouslifenews.com junksci
conservapedia.com bias
conservativebyte.com fake bias
conservativedailypost.com fake unreliable
conservativefighters.com fake
conservativefiringline.com bias conspiracy clickbait
conservativeflashnews.com fake
conservativefrontline.com unknown
conservativeheadlines.com unknown
conservativehq.com bias
conservativeinfidel.com fake conspiracy
conservativeoutfitters.com unreliable clickbait
conservativepapers.com bias
conservativerefocus.com conspiracy
conservativereview.com political
conservativespirit.com bias fake
conservativestate.com bias
conservativetribune.com bias conspiracy unreliable
consortiumnews.com reliable
conspiracyplanet.com conspiracy
conspiracywire.com conspiracy
corbettreport.com conspiracy bias
corbettreport.com conspiracy
countdowntozerotime.com conspiracy
countercurrentnews.com bias
countercurrents.org political unreliable
counterinformation.wordpress.com political
counterjihad.com bias
counterpsyops.com conspiracy
counterpunch.com political
counterpunch.org political
cowgernation.com bias conspiracy
creambmp.com satire fake
creativitymovement.net/category/news/ hate
cryptogon.com conspiracy unreliable
crystalair.com satire
dailybuzzlive.com fake
dailycaller.com political clickbait bias
dailycurrant.com satire
dailydiscord.com satire
dailyheadlines.com fake
dailyheadlines.net fake
dailyinfobox.com fake
dailyken.com hate
dailykos.com political clickbait
dailyleak.org satire fake
dailynews10.com fake
dailynews5.com fake
dailynewsbin.com bias clickbait
dailynewspolitic.com unknown
dailynewsposts.info fake
dailyoccupation.com conspiracy bias
dailypolitics.info unknown
dailypoliticsusa.com bias
dailysignal.com bias
dailysnark.com satire
dailysquib.co.uk satire
dailystormer.com hate conspiracy bias
dailysurge.com fake
dailytelegraph.com.au bias rumor
dailyusaupdate.com fake
dailywire.com bias
damnleaks.com fake
dandygoat.com satire
darkmoon.me hate bias
darkpolitricks.com bias conspiracy
dataasylum.com conspiracy junksci
DaveJanda.com unreliable
davidduke.com hate
davidstockmanscontracorner.com political
davidwolfe.com conspiracy
dcclothesline.com conspiracy junksci
dcgazette.com fake
dcleaks.com unreliable
ddemocraticunderground.com fake
DeadLineLive.info political conspiracy
DeadlyClear.wordpress.com bias fake
debunkingskeptics.com bias conspiracy
defenddemocracy.press bias political
delectabledietofpics.net unknown N
dennismichaellynch.com political
denverguardian.com fake
departed.co fake
departedmedia.com fake
der-postillon.com satire
derfmagazine.com satire
dineal.com junksci
disclose.tv satire conspiracy
disclosuremedia.net conspiracy
dissentmagazine.org political
diversitychronicle.wordpress.com satire
DIYhours.net fake
DollarVigilante.com bias
donaldtrumpnews.co fake
DonaldTrumpPotus45.com fake
Dont-Tread-On.Me conspiracy
downtrend.com fake satire
DProgram.net unknown N
drrichswier.com hate bias
drudgereport.com political bias
drudgereport.com.co fake
duffleblog.com satire
duhprogressive.com satire
Dutchsinse.com conspiracy
EagleRising.com bias clickbait
EbolaHoax.com conspiracy N
economicnoise.com political unreliable
ecowatch.com political
educate-yourself.org conspiracy junksci
educateinspirechange.org/health clickbait junksci
electionnightgatekeepers.com conspiracy unreliable
elelephantintheroom.blogspot.com bias
elitereaders.com clickbait
elkoshary.com satire
elmundotoday.com satire
embols.com fake
Empirehearland.com fake
empireherald.com fake satire
empirenews.net fake satire
empirenews.net fake
empiresports.co satire
empiresports.co satire
Emptywheel.net political
en-vovle.com fake
enabon.com fake
endingthefed.com bias
endoftheamericandream.com conspiracy fake political
endtime.com bias clickbait political
enduringvision.com fake
english.ruvr.ru unknown
enhlive.com fake
EUTimes.net hate conspiracy
eutopia.buzz fake satire conspiracy
everydayworldnews.com unknown
everythingnewdaily.com unknown
ewao.com junksci
ExperimentalVaccines.org junksci conspiracy
Expose1933.com conspiracy hate
express.co.uk rumor
extraclubmagazine.com bias clickbait fake
eyeopening.info conspiracy junksci
fakingnews.com fake satire
familysecuritymatters.org conspiracy bias
fantasticword.com unknown N
FarmWars.info fake conspiracy
federalistpress.com bias
fedsalert.com fake
fellowshipoftheminds.com conspiracy junksci
filmsforaction.org political
FinancialSurvivalNetwork.com unreliable bias
firearmscoalition.org bias
flashnewscorner.com fake
floridasunpost.com fake satire
flyheight.com unknown
fmobserver.com satire
fognews.ru satire
foodbabe.com junksci
foreignpolicyjournal.com political
fort-russ.com unknown N
fourwinds10.net conspiracy junksci
fprnradio.com conspiracy fake
freakoutnation.com bias
FreeBeacon.com bias
freedomdaily.com fake
FreedomForceInternational.com conspiracy
freedomoutpost.com conspiracy bias
FreedomsPhoenix.com bias conspiracy
freedomworks.org political
freedomworldnews.com bias unreliable
freepatriot.org satire
freewoodpost.com satire
freshdailyreport.com fake
fridaymash.com satire
fromthetrenchesworldreport.com conspiracy junksci bias
frontpagemag.com bias hate
fusion.net political reliable
gaia.com conspiracy junksci
galacticconnection.com junksci
gangstergovernment.com conspiracy bias
gatesofvienna.net hate conspiracy
geoengineeringwatch.org junksci conspiracy
geopolmonitor.com political
givemeliberity01.com fake
glaringhypocrisy.com hate conspiracy
GlobalEconomicAnalysis.com unknown N
globalpoliticsnow.com fake
globalresearch.ca conspiracy
glossynews.com satire
godlikeproductions.com conspiracy
gomerblog.com satire
goneleft.com fake
GonzaloLira.Blogspot.com unknown
gopthedailydose.com fake conspiracy bias
govtslaves.info conspiracy
greanvillepost.com conspiracy
GreenMedInfo.com junksci
guardianlv.com political
guccifer2.wordpress.com unreliable
gulagbound.com bias
gummypost.com fake
hangthebankers.com conspiracy
healthimpactnews.com junksci bias
healthnutnews.com junksci
healthy-holistic-living.com junksci clickbait
healthycareandbeauty.com fake unreliable
healthyworldhouse.com fake
heartland.org bias
heatst.com clickbait bias
henrymakow.com conspiracy
heresyblog.net bias conspiracy rumor
heritage.org political
holyobserver.com satire
horowitzfreedomcenter.org bias
humansarefree.com conspiracy
humortimes.com satire
huzlers.com satire
icr.org junksci
ifyouonlynews.com unreliable satire
igrewupinusa.info unknown N
ihavethetruth.com bias clickbait fake
ihr.org hate
ijr.com political bias unreliable
illuminati-news.com conspiracy
ilovemyfreedom.org bias clickbait
immediatesafety.org fake
in5d.com junksci
indiaarising.com clickbait unreliable
infiniteunknown.net conspiracy
informationclearinghouse.info conspiracy unreliable
informetoday.com bias unreliable
infostormer.com fake hate conspiracy
infowars.com conspiracy
instaworldnews.com bias
intellihub.com conspiracy unreliable
interestingdailynews.com fake
intrendtoday.com fake clickbait
intrepidreport.com bias
investmentresearchdynamics.com conspiracy
investmentwatchblog.com bias fake
ironictimes.com satire
islamicanews.com satire
itaglive.com fake
ITCCS.org conspiracy
ItMakesSenseBlog.com fake
iwanttoexplore.com fake
jackpineradicals.com political
jacobinmag.com political
jamesrgrangerjr.com bias
jesus-is-savior.com conspiracy
jewsnews.co.il unreliable bias fake
jihadwatch.org conspiracy hate
johnnyrobish.com satire
jonesreport.com conspiracy
journal-neo.org bias
judicialwatch.org political
katehon.com bias
katehon.org unknown
kauilapele.wordpress.com unknown
kingworldnews.com unknown
KMT11.com fake
knowledgeoftoday.org conspiracy
konkonsagh.biz fake
krbcnews.com fake
ky12news.com fake
ladylibertynews.com fake
landoverbaptist.org satire
lastdeplorables.com fake
learnprogress.org fake bias
legorafi.fr unknown
lewrockwell.com bias unreliable political
liberalamerica.org clickbait bias
liberalbias.com satire
liberaldarkness.com satire fake
liberalplug.com fake
libertyalliance.com fake
libertyblitzkrieg.com bias
libertyfederation.com hate
libertymovementradio.com conspiracy
libertynews.com unreliable bias
libertytalk.fm conspiracy
libertyunyielding.com bias
libertyvideos.org conspiracy
libertywritersnews.com clickbait bias unreliable
lifeandabout.com bias
lifenews.com bias clickbait
lifeprevention.com junksci
lifesitenews.com clickbait bias
lifezette.com clickbait
lightlybraisedturnip.com unknown
liveactionnews.org bias
livefreelivenatural.com unknown N
livevote.com clickbait
loanpride.com rumor clickbait
local31news.com fake
lovethispic.com clickbait junksci
lushforlife.com satire
Mad-Yet.blogspot.com unreliable
madpatriots.com unreliable clickbait
madworldnews.com fake
madworldnews.com unreliable hate
madworldnews.com unreliable clickbait
magafeed.com rumor bias fake
maganews.co fake
majorthoughts.com fake
makeamericagreattoday.com bias fake
meanlefthook.com bias clickbait
mediamass.net fake
mediazone.news rumor unreliable
megafreshnews.com rumor
megynkelly.us fake
mentor2day.com fake
metropolitanworlds.com fake
militianews.com conspiracy bias hate
mintpressnews.com political
molonlabemedia.com bias conspiracy
moonofalabama.org bias
morningledger.com unreliable conspiracy
morningnewsusa.com unreliable
mpidailymagazine.com fake bias
mrc.org political bias
mrconservative.com fake satire
msnbc.website fake
mydailyrelaxation.com unknown N
myfreshnews.com fake bias
myzonetoday.com fake bias
nahadaily.com satire
nakedcapitalism.com political
nasamoonhoax.com conspiracy
nationalreport.net satire fake
nationalreview.com political
NationalUFOCenter.com conspiracy
nationalvanguard.org hate
nationindistress.weebly.com conspiracy
nationonenews.com fake conspiracy
naturalblaze.com junksci conspiracy
naturalnews.com junksci conspiracy
naturalnewsblogs.com junksci
nbc.com.co fake
nbcpolitics.org unknown N
nbcpoll.com unknown N
ncscooper.com satire
neonnettle.com conspiracy fake bias
nephef.com fake
nevo.news unreliable bias
newcenturytimes.com unreliable bias
newcoldwar.org political
newpoliticstoday.com fake
news-hound.com unknown N
news-hound.org unknown N
news4ktla.com fake satire
newsbbc.net fake
newsbiscuit.com satire
newsbreakers.org satire
newsbreakshere.com fake
NewsBuster.com unknown
newsbysquad.com fake
newscenterusa.com unknown
newscorpse.com political
newsdaily12.com fake
newsexaminer.net fake satire
newsfrompolitics.com fake
newsleak.co fake
newslo.com fake
newslogue.com bias fake
newsmagazine.com fake
Newsmax.com unreliable bias
newsmutiny.com satire fake
newsninja2012.com bias
newsopening.com unknown N
newstarget.com conspiracy
newsthump.com satire
newstoad.net satire
newswatch28.com fake
newswatch33.com fake
newswire-24.com rumor unreliable
newswithviews.com fake conspiracy
newyorker.com/humor satire
nodisinfo.com conspiracy unreliable
NoMoreFakeNews.com conspiracy
nonaiswa.org/wordpress unknown
northcrane.com unreliable
notallowedto.com clickbait fake
NoTime4Bull.com unknown
now8news.com fake
nowtheendbegins.com conspiracy
npiamerica.org hate bias
NutritionalAnarchy.com unreliable
nutritionfacts.org reliable
nymeta.co clickbait satire
nyuzer.com unknown
oann.com political reliable
oathkeepers.org bias
objectiveministries.org satire
observatorial.com unknown
observer.com political
OCCUPY.com political
occupydemocrats.com clickbait bias unreliable
occupyliberals.com bias clickbait
odgossip.com unknown N
off-guardian.org bias conspiracy
OffGridSurvival.com conspiracy bias
oftwominds.com bias conspiracy
oilgeopolitics.net conspiracy
onepoliticalplaza.com fake
onlineconservativepress.com fake conspiracy bias
opednews.com unknown N
openmagazines.com fake
openmindmagazine.com bias conspiracy
orientalreview.org bias conspiracy
other98.com clickbait bias unreliable
pakalertpress.com fake
palmerreport.com bias
pamelageller.com conspiracy fake bias
patdollar.com bias clickbait
patriotarchives.blogspot.com unknown
patriotchronicle.com bias clickbait
patriotnewsdaily.com bias
patriotnewsdaily.com satire
patriotpost.us bias
patriotrising.com bias conspiracy
patriotupdate.com bias conspiracy
paulcraigroberts.org bias conspiracy
pjmedia.com political bias
platosguns.com bias conspiracy bias
policestateusa.com unknown
policyreview.info unknown
Politcalpiehole.com unknown
politicalblindspot.com conspiracy junksci
politicalcult.com bias clickbait conspiracy
politicalears.com unreliable clickbait
politicalo.com fake
PoliticalPieHole.com unknown
politicalsitenews.com fake
politicaltimes.org unknown
PoliticalTracker.com unknown
politicalupdator.com fake clickbait bias
politicono.com fake
politicops.com satire fake
politicot.com satire fake
politicsbreaking.com unknown N
politicsinformation.com unknown N
politicsinfotoday.com unknown N
politicsintheusa.com unreliable bias
politicsinusa.com unknown N
politicsusanews.com fake
politicususa.com clickbait unreliable
pollhype.com rumor clickbait bias
powerlineblog.com unknown
powerpoliticians.com unreliable
pravda.ru bias rumor conspiracy
pravdareport.com bias rumor conspiracy
prepperwebsite.com conspiracy fake
president45donaldtrump.com fake
presidentialvoting2016.com political bias unreliable
press24.us unknown
presstv.com bias unreliable
presstv.ir bias unreliable
prisonplanet.com conspiracy
prisonplanet.com conspiracy
prisonplanet.tv conspiracy
prntly.com fake
proamericanews.com fake
progressivestoday.com bias
projectveritas.com bias unreliable political
proudcons.com fake bias
proudemocrat.com political
PublicIntelligence.net unknown
qpolitical.com bias clickbait junksci
randpaulreview.com unknown
rawforbeauty.com junksci
rawstory.com political clickbait
rawws.com unknown
rbth.com unknown
react365.com fake
readconservatives.news bias fake clickbait
readynutrition.com unknown conspiracy
reagancoalition.com bias fake clickbait
realfarmacy.com junksci conspiracy
realnewsrightnow.com fake satire
realplanetnews.com junksci
realprogress.online unknown
realtimepolitics.com bias unreliable
redcountry.us fake
redflagnews.com bias conspiracy unreliable
RedIceCreations.com unknown
redrocktribune.com fake
redstate.com political clickbait
redstatewatcher.com bias clickbait
reductress.com satire
regated.com bias
religionlo.com satire
religionmind.com fake
remedydaily.com clickbait
rense.com conspiracy junksci
resistancereport.com political unreliable
responsibletechnology.org junksci
returnofkings.com hate
revolutions2040.com junksci clickbait
rhotv.com fake
rickwells.us fake conspiracy
rightalert.com bias unreliable
righton.com unknown
RightSideNews.com unknown
rightwingnews.com bias unreliable
rilenews.com fake satire
rinf.com political
rockcitytimes.com satire
rogue-nation3.com fake
ronpaulinstitute.org political
rumorjournal.com fake
rumormillnews.com conspiracy junksci rumor
ruptly.tv political
russia-direct.org unknown political
russia-insider.com bias clickbait
satiratribune.com satire
satirewire.com satire
scrappleface.com satire
secretsofthefed.com conspiracy junksci
sensationalisttimes.com satire
sentinelblog.com conspiracy junksci
sgtreport.com unknown
shadowproof.com unknown
ShadowStats.com unknown
shareblue.com unreliable political bias
sheepkillers.com conspiracy junksci
shiftfrequency.com unknown
shoebat.com conspiracy bias
shtfplan.com unknown
silentmajoritypatriots.com unknown
Silver-Coin-Investor. com conspiracy bias unreliable
SilverBearCafe.com conspiracy
SilverDoctors.com conspiracy bias
SilverStealers.net conspiracy
SJLendman.Blogspot.com bias
skeptiko.com conspiracy junksci
smag31.com fake unreliable
smartknowledgeu.com/blog unknown
socialeverythings.com fake
solari.com/blog unknown
sonsoflibertyradio.com conspiracy bias unreliable
sott.net unknown
sourceplanet.net unknown
southfront.org unknown
southweb.org unknown
SovereignMan.com unreliable
speciallifeentertainment.com unknown
speld.nl satire
spinzon.com unknown
sportspickle.com satire
sputniknews.com bias state fake
SRSroccoReport.com unknown
statenation.co unknown
STAWealth.com unknown
SteveQuayle.com unknown
stneotscitizen.com satire
stormcloudsgathering.com fake
strategic-culture.org unknown
stuppid.com satire
subjectpolitics.com fake bias
success-street.com fake clickbait
suggesthealthytips.com unknown
superstation95.com unknown
supremepatriot.com fake bias
surenews.com unknown
surrealscoop.com satire
SurvivalBlog.com unknown
SurvivalKnowHow.net unknown
survivopedia.com unknown
szandorblestman.com/index.php unknown
tap-news.com unknown
tdnewswire.com unknown
TDTalliance.com fake
teaparty.org fake unreliable
teapartyeconomist.com unknown
teapartytribune.com unknown
tellmenow.com unknown
TenthAmendmentCenter.com unknown
thatviralfeed.net fake unreliable
the-insider.co fake
the-newspapers.com unknown
theamericancause.org unknown
theamericanindependent.wordpress.com fake bias
theamericanmirror.com unknown
theantimedia.org unreliable bias conspiracy
TheAuReport.com unknown
theautogear.com unknown
thebeaverton.com satire
thebigriddle.com fake
theblaze.com political clickbait
thebostontribune.com fake
TheBRICSPost.com unknown
TheBrowser.com unknown
TheBurningPlatform.com unknown
thecarsmagazine.com unknown
thecivilian.co.nz unknown
thecommonsenseshow.com fake conspiracy
theconservativetreehouse.com unknown
thecontroversialfiles.net fake clickbait
TheCroweHouse.com unknown
thedailybeast.com political
thedailybell.com unknown
TheDailyCoin.org unknown
TheDailyCrux.com unknown
thedailymash.co.uk satire
thedailysheeple.com conspiracy bias
thedailywtf.com satire
thedemocratic.site unknown
theduran.com unreliable
theearthchild.co.za unknown
theeconomiccollapseblog.com conspiracy bias
theeventchronicle.com conspiracy junksci clickbait
TheExtinctionProtocol.com conspiracy
thefederalistpapers.org bias conspiracy
thefifthcolumnnews.com political
theforbiddenknowledge.com conspiracy junksci
thefreepatriot.org fake bias clickbait
thefreethoughtproject.com unreliable conspiracy clickbait
thegatewaypundit.com bias conspiracy unreliable
thegoldandoilguy.com/articles unreliable
thegoldwater.com unknown
thehardtimes.net satire
theineptowl.com satire
theinformedamerican.net unreliable
theintercept.com political
theinternetpost.net fake
thelastgreatstand.com fake conspiracy bias
thelastlineofdefense.org satire
thelibertybeacon.com conspiracy junksci bias
thelibertymill.com unreliable bias conspiracy
themadisonmisnomer.com satire
themideastbeast.com satire
themindunleashed.com conspiracy junksci clickbait
themindunleashed.org conspiracy junksci clickbait
themoralofthestory.us fake
themuslimissue.wordpress.com hate conspiracy
thenet24h.com fake
thenewamerican.com bias
thenewinquiry.com unknown
thenewsdoctors.com bias
TheNewsFile.com unknown
thenewsnerd.com satire
thenewyorkevening.com fake
theonion.com satire
theopenscroll.blogspot.com unknown
theorganicprepper.ca unknown
TheOutsiderClub.com unknown
theoxymoron.co.uk unknown
thepeoplescube.com unknown
ThePeoplesVoice.net unknown
thephaser.com conspiracy
thepoke.co.uk satire
thepoliticalcesspool.com unknown hate
thepoliticalinsider.com conspiracy bias unreliable
thepostemail.com unknown
theracketreport.com fake satire
therealstrategy.com bias conspiracy hate
therebel.media unknown
thereporterz.com fake
therightists.com satire
therightplanet.com unknown
therightscoop.com fake clickbait
therightstuff.biz hate
therundownlive.com unknown
therussophile.org unknown
thesaker.is unknown
theseattletribune.com satire
theshovel.com.au satire
theskunk.org satire
thesleuthjournal.com unknown
thespoof.com satire
thestatelyharold.com satire
thetimesoftheworld.com satire
thetrumpmedia.com fake
thetruthaboutcancer.com junksci
thetruthdivision.com fake bias
thetruthseeker.co.uk fake conspiracy junksci
TheTruthWins.com junksci conspiracy clickbait
theunrealtimes.com satire
theusa-news.com fake
theuspatriot.com satire fake
thevalleyreport.com satire
TheVictoryReport.org unknown
thewashingtonpress.com fake
thewatchtowers.com bias conspiracy clickbait
TheWealthWatchman.com unknown
theworldstyle.com unknown
thinkprogress.org political
thirdworldtraveler.com unknown
thisismynewworld.com unknown
threepercenternation.com fake conspiracy bias
thrivemovement.com unknown
times.com.mx fake
tmzworldnews.com fake
TomWoods.com political unreliable
topekasnews.com satire
topinfopost.com clickbait unreliable conspiracy
topnewspolitics.com unknown
topratedviral.com unknown
toprightnews.com unknown
totalworldnews.com unknown
traderdan.com unknown
tradewithdave.com unknown
TragedyandHope.com unknown
trendingnewsguide.com unknown
trendingnewstoday.net unknown
tribuneherald.net unknown
tribunist.com unknown
TrueActivist.com clickbait unreliable
trueamericans.me fake
trueeconomics.blogspot.com unknown
truepundit.com bias clickbait
truetrumpers.com fake
trumpvision365.com fake
trunews.com unknown
truthandaction.org bias conspiracy clickbait
truthbroadcastnetwork.com conspiracy clickbait
truthfeed.com hate bias conspiracy
truthfrequencyradio.com conspiracy
truthingold.com unknown
TruthInMedia.com unknown
truthkings.com bias conspiracy junksci
truthnetwork.com unknown
truthrevolt.org bias hate
TruthStreamMedia.com unknown
tunerspeed.com unknown
turnerradionetwork.com unknown
twitchy.com clickbait rumor
tyronetribulations.com unknown
ufoholic.com conspiracy
unclesamsmisguidedchildren.com bias
unconfirmedsources.com satire
undergroundhealth.com unknown
undergroundnewsreport.com fake
undergroundworldnews.com fake conspiracy bias
unionleader.com unknown
unitedmediapublishing.com fake
universepolitics.com fake
unz.com bias
us.blastingnews.com satire unreliable
usa-radio.com fake
usa-television.com fake
usa2016elections.com fake
usadailyinfo.com fake
usadailypolitics.com fake
usadailytime.com fake
usadosenews.com fake
usafirstinformation.com fake
usahitman.com fake conspiracy
usainfobox.com fake
usamagazinestudio.com fake
usanewsflash.com fake bias clickbait
usanewsinsider.com fake bias clickbait
usanewspolitics.com fake
usanewstoday.com fake
usaonlinepolitics.com fake clickbait
usaphase.com fake bias
usapolitics24hrs.com fake
usapoliticsdaily.com unknown
usapoliticsnow.com fake bias
usapoliticstoday.com bias unreliable
usapoliticszone.com fake
usapoliticus.com unknown
usascan.com unknown
usasnich.com fake
usasupreme.com fake
usatoday.com.co fake N
usatodaynews.me fake
usatwentyfour.com fake
USAWatchdog.com bias
uschronicle.com bias conspiracy hate
usconservativetoday.com fake
usdefensewatch.com unreliable
usfanzone.com fake bias
ushealthyadvisor.com fake conspiracy junksci
ushealthylife.com fake
usherald.com bias conspiracy fake
usinfonews.com fake
uslifetoday.com clickbait
uspoliticslive.com fake bias conspiracy
uspoln.com fake
uspostman.com fake
usuncut.com clickbait bias unreliable
usviewer.com unreliable fake
vdare.com bias hate
veteransnewsnow.com unreliable political
veteranstoday.com bias unreliable
vigilantcitizen.com fake conspiracy
viralactions.com fake
viralliberty.com fake bias clickbait
viraltube.nl clickbait
voxtribune.com fake
wakeupthesheep.com conspiracy
wakingtimes.com junksci
wakingupwisconsin.com conspiracy
WallStreetOnParade.com unreliable
washingtonexaminer.com political unreliable
washingtonfed.com fake
washingtonpost.com.co fake
washingtonsblog.com bias conspiracy satire
waterfordwhispersnews.com satire
wealthcycles.com unknown
wealthwire.com unknown
wearechange.org bias conspiracy
weaselzippers.us unreliable bias
webdaily.com fake conspiracy bias
weeklystandard.com political bias
weeklyworldnews.com fake rumor clickbait
weshapelife.org conspiracy junksci
westernjournalism.com bias clickbait
whatdoesitmean.com conspiracy
whatreallyhappened.com conspiracy rumor
whitepower.com hate conspiracy bias
whowhatwhy.com unreliable
whowhatwhy.org conspiracy
whydontyoutrythis.com junksci rumor
wideawakeamerica.com unknown N
WideAwakeNews.com unknown N
wikileaks.com unreliable
wikileaks.org unreliable
wikispooks.com conspiracy
WilliamBanzai7.blogspot.com satire
Willyloman.wordpress.com conspiracy
winkprogress.com satire
winningdemocrats.com bias unreliable
witscience.org satire
wnd.com bias clickbait unreliable
WolfStreet.com unreliable
wonkie.com satire
world24monitor.com unknown
worldcallyoutoday.com unknown
worlddaily.info unknown
worldnewsdailyreport.com satire
worldnewspolitics.com bias
worldpoliticsnow.com fake
worldpoliticsus.com fake
worldrumor.com fake
worldstoriestoday.com fake
worldtruth.tv conspiracy junksci
worldwidehealthy.com junksci clickbait
wtoe5news.com fake satire
wundergroundmusic.com satire
www.rt.com state
X22Report.com conspiracy
yellowhammernews.com political
yesimright.com fake bias
Youngcons.com bias unreliable
yourfunpage.com fake
yournationnews.com clickbait
YourNewsline.wordpress.com unknown
yournewswire.com clickbait junksci
zaytung.com unknown
Zengardner.com unknown
zerohedge.com conspiracy
zootfeed.com conspiracy

Bio: 

I am an assistant professor of communication & media, and this resource started as a tool for teaching my students about journalism/social media/media literacy.

Disclaimer: 

All of the contents in this document reflect the opinion of the author(s) and are for educational purposes only.

Updates & Notes:

Some people are asking which news sources I trust, and all I can say is that I read/watch/listen very widely, from mainstream, corporate owned sources (The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes) as well as The Atlantic, National Public Radio, and various local and alternative sources with different political perspectives (Truth-Out) some of which are included on this list. The problem: Even typically reliable sources, whether mainstream or alternative, corporate or nonprofit, rely on particular media frames to report stories and select stories based on different notions of newsworthiness. The best thing to do in our contemporary media environment is to read/watch/listen widely and often, and to be critical of the sources we share and engage with on social media.

© 2016  by Melissa Zimdars. 

The work ‘False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” Sources‘ 

is made  available  under a  Creative Commons 

Attribution 4.0  International  License. To  view  a copy of  this license, visit 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

© 2016  by Melissa Zimdars. 

The work ‘False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” Sources‘ 

is made  available  under a  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

I typically don’t post things of a personal nature on the blog, but I wanted to thank everyone for your many prayers for mom Marilyn Farrell over the years. Mom is now on Hospice care at home. Please continue your prayers for our family as we walk through these difficult days that they would be peaceful and merciful.

The Farrell / Kerlin / Wasie / Miller / DeCamp clans praying for Mom Farrell during their annual family get together at Ogelbay State Park. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

The Farrell / Kerlin / Wasie / Miller / DeCamp clans praying for Mom Farrell during their annual family get together at Ogelbay State Park. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)