{"id":3799,"date":"2018-11-09T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T12:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=3799"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:49:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:49:06","slug":"us-mid-term-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2018\/11\/09\/us-mid-term-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"US Mid-Term Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of links on this subject.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/04\/us\/politics\/election-misinformation-facebook.html\">New York\u00a0 Times collected examples of misinformation<\/a> over 4,000 were sent from social media.<\/p>\n<p>Other sources of fact checking and overviews of political accuracy include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/\">Politfact<\/a> has been checking claims made about the election by the President and other commentators<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\">Washington Post fact-checker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/\">Media Matters for America<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News coverage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>USA <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/\">Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/\">The Hill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/elections\/2018\/\">Real Clear Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/topic\/politics\">National Interest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/11\/08\/politics\/remember-the-midterms-where-things-stand\/index.html\">CNN Politics <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2018\/us\/elections\/calendar-primary-results.html\">New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/2018-midterms\">Newsweek <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/election-results\/balance-of-power\">PBS newshour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/democracy-post\/wp\/2018\/09\/26\/a-reminder-americas-future-is-at-stake-in-the-2018-midterms\/?utm_term=.52f8211beff7\">Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Analysis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/topic\/2018-midterms\/\">Brookings <\/a><\/p>\n<p>UK<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-midterm-elections-2018\">Guardian <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/midterms-2018\">Independent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-46146351\">BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ig.ft.com\/us-midterm-elections\/\">FT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Election results<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Elections\">Ballotpedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/votesmart.org\/elections#.W-VRf2MSTVt\">Vote Smart<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of links on this subject. New York\u00a0 Times collected examples of misinformation over 4,000 were sent from social media. 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