Media Bias/Fact Check

Surely a socialist. Kapustin Igor/Shutterstock.com Gary Lewis, Royal Holloway I had what seemed like rather a good idea a few weeks back. Building on some prominent findings in social psychology, I hypothesised that politicians on the right would wipe their bum with their left hand; and that politicians on the left would wipe with their right [...]

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 [...]

By Corey Berman and Robert Farley  –  Factcheck.org Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 14th Congressional District, wrongly claimed that the low U.S. unemployment rate was “because everyone has two jobs.” The number of people holding more than one job has no bearing on the unemployment rate. Nor is [...]

By Kenneth White Trajche Arsov, a 33-year-old attorney who made a name for himself defending journalists against the Macedonian government, has been called the ‘godfather’ of the misinformation racket perpetrated by Macedonian teens who used Google ads to make money. Arsov launched the first of many fake news sites such as [...]

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 [...]

Trump with the men who would replace him – Vice President Mike Pence on the left and House Speaker Paul Ryan on the left. Win McNamee/AP Pool Jacob Neiheisel, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Editor’s note: Removing a president from office is a two-step process. The first step is impeachment. That’s when members of the [...]

By Kenneth White During his European visit Donald Trump’s Turnberry firm was paid more than £50,000 by the US government to cover the accommodation bill for his weekend stay at SLC Turnberry Limited, The Scotsman can reveal. This is one of several overnights at the South Ayrshire hotel and golf course, as The Scotsman revealed other “VIP [...]

CONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCE Sources in the Conspiracy-Pseudoscience category may publish unverifiable information that is not always supported by evidence. These sources may be untrustworthy for credible/verifiable information, therefore fact checking and further investigation is recommended on a per article basis when obtaining information from [...]

By Eugene Kiely and Lori Robertson  –  FactCheck.org Asked whether he believed U.S. intelligence agencies or Russian President Vladimir Putin on whether Russia meddled in the 2016 election, President Donald Trump declined to directly respond. Instead, he raised questions about the Russia investigation, including referring to a [...]

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 [...]