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How to Fake a Moon Landing by Darryl Cunningham; Andrew C. Revkin (Introduction by)
Call Number: 001.9 CUN
ISBN: 9781419706899
Publication Date: 2013-04-02
"Author-illustrator Darryl Cunningham looks at hot-button science topics and presents a fact-based, visual assessment of current thinking and research on eight different issues everybody's arguing about."--Provided by publisher.
Thinking Critically by Andrea C. Nakaya
Call Number: 004.67 NAK
ISBN: 9781601525901
Publication Date: 2013-12-01
Introduces issues related to video games and violence and examines the pros and cons of the debate.
The Ethics of Medical Testing by Tamara Thompson (Editor)
Call Number: 174.2 ETH
ISBN: 9780737759020
Publication Date: 2011-12-01
Contains thirteen essays that provide varying perspectives on the ethics of medical testing; debating the safety of medical testing; if prisoners, children, or animals should be test subjects; and other related topics.
Mass Media by Greenhaven Press Editors (Editor); Margaret Haerens (Editor); Lynn M. Zott (Editor)
Call Number: 302.23 MAS
ISBN: 9780737766608
Publication Date: 2014-03-12
A collection of twenty-one essays that offers varying perspectives on issues relating to mass media.
Illegal Immigration by Karen Kenney; Kwao Amegashie (Consultant Editor)
Call Number: 325.73 KEN
ISBN: 1599288613
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
Offers a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding illegal immigration in the United States, discussing key policies, current debates, historic events, and other related topics that have shaped the controversy and the government's response to it.
Gun Control by Kekla Magoon; Eric W. Mogren (Consultant Editor)
Call Number: 363.33 MAG
ISBN: 1599288605
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
Traces the history of guns and gun control in U.S. history, describing the Second Amendment, and arguments for and against gun control.
The Death Penalty by Greenhaven Press Editors (Editor); David Haugen; Jenny Cromie (Editor); Lynn M. Zott (Editor)
Call Number: 364.66 DEA
ISBN: 9780737749601
Publication Date: 2013-01-09
Contains essays that provide a variety of perspectives on questions of whether the death penalty should be legal, whether capital punishment is just, and if it is applied fairly.
Extreme Unmanned Vehicles by Ian F. Mahaney
Call Number: 623.74 MAH
ISBN: 9781499411898
Publication Date: 2015-07-15
Explores the world of extreme unmanned vehicles and looks at different extreme vehicles.

Check Your Facts

Here are 10 great sites to help you check facts and identify bias. Descriptions of these sites are Jennifer Snelling at ITSE

AllSides
While not a fact-checking site, AllSides curates stories from right, center and left-leaning media so that readers can easily compare how bias influences reporting on each topic.
FactCheck.org
This nonpartisan, nonprofit project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by U.S. political players, including politicians, TV ads, debates, interviews and news releases.
Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
Media Matters
This nonprofit and self-described liberal-leaning research center monitors and corrects conservative misinformation in the media.
News Busters
A project of the conservative Media Research Center, NewsBusters is focused on “documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias.”
Open Secrets
This nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit website run by the Center for Responsive Politics tracks how much and where candidates get their money.
Politifact.
This Pulitzer Prize winning website rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials. Run by editors and reporters from the independent newspaper Tampa Bay Times, Politicfact features the Truth-O-Meter that rates statements as “True,” “Mostly True,” “Half True,” “False,” and “Pants on Fire.”
ProPublica
This independent, nonprofit newsroom has won several Pulitzer Prizes, including the 2016 Prize for Explanatory Reporting. ProPublica produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
Snopes
This independent, nonpartisan website run by professional researcher and writer David Mikkelson researches urban legends and other rumors. It is often the first to set the facts straight on wild fake news claims.
The Sunlight Foundation
This nonpartisan, nonprofit organization uses public policy data-based journalism to make politics more transparent and accountable.
Washington Post Fact Checker.
Although the Washington Post has a left-center bias, its checks are excellent and sourced. The bias shows up because they fact check conservative claims more than liberal ones.

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