QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency 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 Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.
Reasoning: Impostor Site, Fake News, Lack of Transparency
Country: Unknown
Update: This source is no longer online. (10/23/2019)
History
Abcnews-us.com is an impostor website that is designed to look like ABC News.
Funded by / Ownership
Information is not provided, however, the site utilizes heavy online advertising.
Analysis / Bias
In review, abcnews-us.com is a fake news website that looks like credible ABC News. A factual search reveals numerous failed fact checks as many people have been duped and shared their fake stories. One example is their publishing of a Pamela Anderson Death Hoax.
Overall, we rate abcnews-us.com a Questionable source based on publishing fake news without a satire disclaimer. (D. Van Zandt 7/16/2018)
Source: http://www.abcnews-us.com/
Last Updated on May 7, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
Do you appreciate our work? Please consider one of the following ways to sustain us.
or
Left vs. Right Bias: How we rate the bias of media sources