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 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.
- Overall, we rate Bipartisan Report Questionable based on Extreme Left Bias, promotion of propaganda, numerous failed fact checks, and a complete lack of transparency.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Propaganda, Numerous Failed Fact Checks, Fake News
Bias Rating: EXTREME LEFT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Founded in 2012 by Justin Brotman, the Bipartisan Report is a news and opinion website with a very clear liberal bias. The website does not provide a formal about page and states, “We Bring the News.” Justin Brotman is the son of co-founder and chairman of Costco Wholesale Corporation, Jeffrey Brotman. Bipartisan Report completely lacks transparency through a missing about page and non-disclosure of ownership; however, they provide emails for their writers.
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Funded by / Ownership
Bipartisan Reports does not openly disclose ownership on the website; however, Justin Brotman owns it as described above. Online advertising generates revenue.
Analysis / Bias
In review, Bipartisan Report is not bipartisan in any way, shape, or form. Story selection always favors the left and often uses powerful, emotionally loaded language such as this: Acosta Trolls Trump On National Television As WH Panic Sets In and Trump Sweats Certain Impeachment Doom On Twitter. This last story is sourced from tweets. Editorially, Bipartisan Report is 100% left, with consistent denigration of the right: AOC Thrashes McConnell After His Supporters Grope & Choke Cardboard Cutout. In general, this is a clickbait website that sells sensationalism and misleads through emotional wording.
Failed Fact Checks
- The Trump family took seats reserved for guests with disabilities at the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly. – FALSE
- “Florida Moves For FULL RECOUNT Of State Over Massive Voter Fraud” – FALSE
- VP Mike Pence Busted Stealing Campaign Funds To Pay His Mortgage Like A Thief – FALSE
- “BREAKING: Keystone Pipeline Bursts Spreading Mass Devastation As Trump Watches Fox” – FALSE
- No Release of ‘Private’ Trump Tapes – FALSE
- ABC News has reported that Donald Trump received millions of dollars from Russia. – MOSTLY FALSE
- Fox News admitted the investigation into the Benghazi deaths was a “complete hoax.” – FALSE
- Says Mike Pence was caught on a hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE to a nursing home and pretended they were heavy. – FALSE
- Fox News laughs at Matt Gaetz for filing complaint against Nancy Pelosi over speech rip – FALSE
- View all Failed Fact Checks
Overall, we rate Bipartisan Report Questionable based on Extreme Left Bias, promotion of propaganda, numerous failed fact checks, and a complete lack of transparency. (D. Van Zandt 5/13/2016) Updated (12/15/2023)
Source: https://bipartisanreport.com
Last Updated on December 15, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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America is about life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. …So in order to achieve these things we need justice and fairness for all…..So the fundamental foundation of our Country is liberal from the start. …Unfortunately some conservitives. Have redefined the word. .And turned it into a bad word. ..But a free Press must be free to give us the facts. …The problem is when big corporations own the media..Then ratings become more important then either conservative views or liberal views
I knew Bipartisan Report was fake news. In fact there is NOTHING “Bipartisan” about it. They should be removed from Facebook immidately!
Bipartisan Report has published hundreds of thousands of articles and received 6 fact checks, YEARS ago. All articles clearly point to legitimate sources. Is this review mistaking them for another page?
Thanks, we have conducted a mini re-eval and added more recent failed fact checks, which resulted in us downgrading them to low factual reporting.
Based on the clear vendetta shown here by editors, I have to question media bias as a legitimate rating source.
The Conspiracy-Pseudoscience bars should automatically be applied to every Questionable Source page.
And the Left-Right spectrum should automatically be applied to every Conspiracy-Pseudoscience page.
So many sources considered Questionable promote conspiracies and pseudoscience. The Questionable Sources category and Conspiracy-Pseudoscience category might as well be merged into one.
I’ve read bipartisan report for years and although it’s not in the same stratosphere as mainstream news quality, this review is not remotely accurate. I have to believe there is some kind of beef between the website and this review page.
This is confusing. Liberal pages like raw story, politicususa, and others are described one way on this website, yet bipartisan report is considered conspiracy? Of all the liberal websites in the category, BR is by far the most accurate and offered a more complete analysis instead of a quick one or two paragraphs like raw story or the hill. Again, something is strange about this review.