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. See all Left-Center sources.
- Overall, we rate the Center For Inquiry Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions and policy advocacy that favors liberal ideologies. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to pro-science reporting as well as a clean fact check record.
Detailed Report
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 48/180
History
Founded in 1991, The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is a nonprofit educational organization. Its primary mission is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. According to their about page they are “dedicated to defending science and critical thinking in examining religion. CFI’s vision is a world in which evidence, science, and compassion—rather than superstition, pseudoscience, or prejudice—guide public policy.
In January 2016, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science announced that it was merging with the Center for Inquiry, with Robyn Blumner as the CEO of the combined organizations.
Funded by / Ownership
The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization that is funded through donations and membership fees.
Analysis / Bias
In review, the CFI website features their important issues as well news reports. Under the “Our Issues” tab they publish news and information about religious freedom, the negatives of religion and pro-science information regarding health and medicine. The website also publishes position papers that often debunk pseudoscience, such as acupuncture, as well as the harm of religious fundamentalism. Another aspect of the website, is their Legislation Watch page that shows proposed government legislation bills and CFI’s stance on them. For example, they support the ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL ACT (H.R. 2567), but do not support the DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACT (H.R. 354). Further, CFI frequently investigates paranormal activities and ultimately debunks them.
As a means to gauge political bias we searched the website using the following keywords and documented the tone of those articles:
- Trump – Consistently Negative
- Clinton – Neutral to Positive
- Conservative – Consistently Negative
- Liberal – Mostly Positive
- LGBTQ – Positive
A factual search reveals they have not failed a fact check.
Overall, we rate the Center For Inquiry Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions and policy advocacy that favors liberal ideologies. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to pro-science reporting as well as a clean fact check record. (D. Van Zandt 8/12/2016) Updated (9/25/2019)
Source: https://centerforinquiry.org
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