Media Bias/Fact Check

On Thursday August 16th, approximately 350 newspapers published editorials denouncing President Donald Trump’s description of the media as the “enemy of the people.” Here is a partial list with links to the editorials: Ames Tribune Freedom of the press, our democracy, at risk under Trump Athens News In attacking journalists, [...]

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 [...]

By Anna Massoglia and Geoff West – Center for Responsive Politics Foreign lobbyists and agents acting on behalf of foreign interests have reported hundreds of millions of dollars in payments since January 2017, an analysis of OpenSecrets’ exclusive new Foreign Lobby Watch data reveals. Today we’re making available, for the first [...]

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 [...]

A scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report released Tuesday reveals decades of child abuse allegations against more than 300 Roman Catholic priests as well as claims that church leaders covered up the crimes and obstructed justice. More than 1,000 child victims were identifiable from the church’s own records, according to the report. [...]

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 [...]

The FBI fired Agent Peter Strzok on Friday. Strzok worked on the bureau’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election before officials discovered that he had been sending anti-Trump [...]

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 [...]

The Boston Globe has enlisted more than 100 newspapers from across the country to publish editorials fighting back against President Trump’s repeated attacks on the media. The Globe has been contacting editorial boards and asking them to publish an editorial on Thursday, CNN reported Saturday. “We propose to publish an editorial on [...]

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 [...]