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ENGL 102 - English Composition II - Ihlenfeldt

Media Bias Fact Check

News Quality Evaluation

media bias chart

Media Bias Chart

Most Reliable for News

  • Reuters, ABC News, The Weather Channel, PBS News, UPI, NPR, LA Times, Politico, CNBC, PA, The Hill, USA Today, The NYT Times, Military Times, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Vox, Christianity Today

Reliable for News, but High in Analysis/ Opinion Content

  • The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Five Thirty Eight, Foreign Policy, Business Insider, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, The Real News Network, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic, Vice, Newsweek, The Daily Beast

Some Reliability Issues and/ or Extremism

  • Fox News Channel, Sputnik News, Rasmussen Reports, Real Clear Politics, New York Post, Russia Today, The American Conservative, Daily Mail, BuzzFeed, Washington Monthly, The Week, Jacobin

Serious Reliability Issues and /or Extremism

  • The Palmer Report, Occupy Democrats, Bipartisan Report, Daily Kos, Truthout, Democracy Now, The Blaze, The Washington Times, Daily Wire, Townhall, The Washington Examiner, OAN Network, The Federalist, PragerU, American Thinker, Red State, The American Spectator, Breibart, Epoch Timesy

 

*This news quality chart, created by patent lawyer Vanessa Otero, reveals that all major media outlets exhibit some level of bias.  Depending on their chart location, they may present a more liberal or conservative view of a news story. 

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"Apply" part of "If I Apply" Source Evaluation

Source steps

Authority established. Does the author have education, experience, and expertise in the field?

Purpose/Point of view. Does the author have an agenda beyond education or information?

Publisher? Does the publisher have an agenda?

List of sources (bibliography). Is the evidence reliable, sensible, and accessible?

Year of publication. Does the date of publication affect the information?

Evaluate Your Sources Activity

Evaluate your sources using the "Apply" Criteria from "If I Apply":

Compare these three sources, and rank them in terms of reliability: