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Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC News) is an independent online media outlet. MBFC is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices. We also provide original articles on media bias, journalism and politics. On our social media pages we provide current news and events from low biased sources as well as all content posted on our website. Media Bias/Fact Check is owned solely by Dave Van Zandt. Dave has spent more than 20 years as an arm chair researcher on media bias and its role in political influence. The methodolgy can be found here.

CATEGORIZING MEDIA

Categorizing media by bias is an imprecise at best. Certainly some of these categories could be questioned. Those who obtain news from Fox News and Breitbart – considered right here – will likely disagree with the categorization of the New York Times and the Washington Post as center left instead of left.

This difference in perspective of media bias is a striking sign of the depth of the polarization in this country. Those on the right think that their far-right media positions are center. Those who read the New York Times recognize that the paper is slightly left leaning but the facts are from the least biased sources. The “center” media seems to be accepted by the left but is not typically accepted by the right.

This is the core of our differences – how we perceive the bias. Studies conducted in 2013 comparing primary right, center and left media found that, with the exception of Brietbart, that the left and right media were similar in what they covered. As noted elsewhere on this site, the more important influence is how much attention is paid to various topics by the reader. For example, readers of conservative media do not pay much attention to allegations of police brutality but do pay a lot of attention to the Benghazi investigation. Conversely, readers of left leaning media do not pay much attention to Benghazi but are very interested in instances of police brutality.

 

Least Biased

These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes).  The reporting is factual and usually sourced.  These are the most credible media sources.

1. Associated Press – Often will see AP noted as the source of information and facts in other media. This is a good sign that the facts are correct, even if the publication is biased.
2. Christian Science Monitor — Always noted as a credible media source.
3. Financial Times – Always noted as a credible news source.
4. Foreign Affairs – Always notd as a credible news source.
5. Gallup – Often will see Gallup noted, especially as a source of poll information.
6. GovTrack – Referenced throughout and good sources of facts
7. Kaiser Family Foundation – Well respected research
8. Peterson Foundation – Well respected research
9. Pew Research — Well respected research
10. Politifact — Top rated fact checker
11. Reuters — Often will see Reuters noted as the source of information and facts in other media. This is a good sign that the facts are correct, even if the publication is biased.
12. Snopes – Good fact checker
13. Stars and Stripes — International version for overseas
14. Third Way — Centrist think tank
15. USA Today – Not usually recognized for being so unbiased
16. Wikipedia – Excellent place to start
    
    

Left-Center Bias

These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias.  They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes.  These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation.

1. ABC News
2. Al Jazeera
3. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
4. (The)Atlantic – Used on this site
5. BBC
6. Bloomberg – Used on this site
7. Brookings Institute – Used on this site
8. Buzzfeed
9. CBC News
10. CBS News
11. CNBC
12. CNN
13. FiveThirtyEight
14. Haaretz
15. Human Rights Watch
16. LA Times(Los Angeles Times)
17. NBC News
18. Newsweek
19. NPR
20. New York Times – Used often on this site
21. PBS News Hour
22. Politico – Used on this site
23. Public Radio International (PRI)
24. Rolling Stone
25. Southern Poverty Law Center
26. The Guardian – Used often on this site
27. The Hill – Used on this site
28. Time
29. US News World Report
30. Washington Post – Used often on this site 

Right-Center Bias

These media sources are slightly to moderately conservative in bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor conservative causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation.  

1. American Action Forum
2. American Council on Science and Health
3. American Foreign Policy Council
4. Boston Herald
5. Cato Institute
6. Financial Post
7. Forbes
8. Fortune Magazine
9. Foundation for Economic Education
10. Investors Business Daily
11. New York Post
12. Real Clear Defense
13. Real Clear Investigations
14. Real Clear Politics
15. RT News – Interesting that this media source is considered center right, not right
16. Russian News Agency-TASS – Interesting that this media source is considered center right, not right
17. Statesman Journal
18. The Fiscal Times
19. The Spectator (UK)
20. Wall Street Journal
21. Washington Examiner
22. Washington Times
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24. WikiLeaks – Interesting that this media source is considered center right, not right

 

Left Bias

These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation.  They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy.

 

1. Black Lives Matter
2. Blue Dot Daily
3. Blue Nation Review
4. Center For American Progress
5. Center for Media and Democracy
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7. Cosmopolitan
8. Daily Beast
9. Daily Kos
10. Huffington Post
11. Jezebel
12. Media Matters
13. Mother Jones
14. Move On
15. MSNBC
16. New York Magazine
17. New Yorker
18. People Magazine
19. Raw Story
20. Real Time Politics
21. Right Wing Watch
22. Ring of Fire
23. Salon
24. Slate
25. The Daily Buzz
26. The Daily Vox
27. The Village Voice
28. Think Progress
29. Vanity Fair
30. Vox
    

Right Bias

These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy.

1. American Enterprise Institute – Major conservative think tank
2. American Family Association
3. Americans for Prosperity
4. American Spectator
5. Breitbart – Ranked as right, not center right
6. Citizens United
7. Conservative Daily News
8. Conservative HQ
9. Conservative Outfitters
10. Conservative Post
11. Conservative Review
12. Daily Caller
13. Fox News – Considered right, not center right
14. com
15. Heritage Foundation – Major conservative think tank
16. Judicial Watch
17. Knox Report
18. Legal Insurrection
19. National Rifle Association (NRA) – Major influence on American politics
20. Newbusters
21. Newsmax
22. Red Alert Politics
23. Red Flag News
24. Red State
25. Red State Watcher
26. The Blaze
27. The Federalist
28. US Politics Info
29. USA Politics Today
30. Young Conservatives