Media Bias/Fact Check

By Kenneth White House Republican Leaders face an uphill battle from all sides of the aisle as they prepare to vote on both moderate and hard-line immigration packages. As the votes are being counted in advance, it’s likely that neither bill will make it to the President’s desk. Speaker Paul Ryan called a meeting early Thursday with other [...]

The House on Thursday voted down a conservative immigration bill, and GOP leaders postponed the vote on a compromise measure originally scheduled for later in the day. Members rejected legislation authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and favored by conservatives that would have authorized — but not appropriated [...]

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 [...]

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would sign an order that stops the separation of migrant families at the border, halting a zero-tolerance policy he instituted. “I’ll be doing something that’s somewhat pre-emptive and ultimately will be matched by legislation I’m sure,” Trump told reporters when asked if he [...]

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 [...]

By Kenneth White In an effort to provide a low-cost alternative health care plan to small businesses and self-employed individuals, the US Department of Labor has stripped several key elements from the ACA, commonly referred to as Obamacare. The new plan has no mandatory coverage for maternity and newborn care, prescription drug costs and mental [...]

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 [...]

By Kenneth White The justices for the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against Wisconsin Democrats who challenged legislative districts that gave Republicans a huge edge in the state legislature. They also did not side with Maryland Republicans who objected to a single congressional district. The Wisconsin case originally filed on July [...]

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 [...]

QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, overt propaganda, poor or no sourcing to credible information and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable [...]