Assiniboia Times – Bias and Credibility

Assiniboia Times - Left Center Bias - Liberal - CredibleFactual Reporting: High - Credible - Reliable


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 appealing 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 Assiniboia Times Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that moderately favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: Canada
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT
Media Type: Newspaper
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic

MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

Assiniboia Times is an English-language newspaper in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada. sasktoday.ca/south/assiniboia-times is the online domain covering news, sports, business, and lifestyle.

Read our profile on Canada’s media and government.

Funded by / Ownership

Glacier Media Group owns the Assiniboia Times. Revenue is derived through advertising and subscriptions.

Analysis / Bias

In review, Assiniboia Times publishes sports, weather, national, world, and local news for the greater Assiniboia, Saskatchewan region. Local news is reported factually and with minimal bias, such as this Health clinic returns to Lafleche. The national news is typically republished from the Canadian Press, while world news is from the Associated Press.

Editorially, Assiniboia Times’s Op-eds favor the left with stories such as this Column: Holidays don’t have to hurt the environment. The paper generally offers a moderately liberal perspective and reports news factually.

Failed Fact Checks

  • None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate Assiniboia Times Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that moderately favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record. (D. Van Zandt 01/17/2023)

Source: https://www.sasktoday.ca/south/assiniboia-times

Last Updated on May 19, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check


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