One of the ways in which a news source demonstrates its authenticity and responsibility to its readers is through a publicly accessible code of ethics or standards. A sample of various codes, mission statements and ethics handbooks are listed below.
This guide came from several sources. "Fake News" was created by K. T. Lowe at Indiana University East under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. This guide may be reused by teachers and librarians, but no part of this guide may be used for any for-profit endeavors, including publication. For more information, please email K. T. Lowe. "Evaluating Sources" was created by the Chifley Library at the Australian National University. The source for "Common Information Evaluation Tests" was: Reshaping Reference to Fit the Internet Culture. (2006, Summer). Created by Joe Barker for the Infopeople Project [infopeople.org], supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Any use of this material should credit the author and funding source. http://www.infopeople.org/training/past/2006/reshaping/Hdt3eval_checklists.pdf.