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.
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
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Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Fake News, Poor Sourcing, Lack of Transparency
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
Press Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Founded in 2015, Censored.News is an anonymously run far-right conspiracy and pseudoscience news aggregation site. They 100% lack transparency as they disclose nothing.
The domain is registered in the United States.
Funded by / Ownership
Censored.News lacks transparency as they do not disclose ownership. Advertising generates revenue.
Analysis / Bias
Censored.News does not produce original content but rather links to other sources through news feeds. The sources they promote reads like a who’s who of far-right conspiracy, pseudoscience, and fake news. Some of the sources they promote are The Epoch Times (Questionable), Natural News (Tin-Foil Hat Conspiracy), National File (Conspiracy), Newstarget (Quackery Pseudoscience), and Children’s Health Defense (Quack anti-Vaxx propaganda). For news aggregation sites such as this, our rating is based on the sources they use. In this case, Censored.News is extreme right biased and 100% lacking in credibility.
Failed Fact Checks
- They do not produce original content, but the sources they use all have terrible records with fact-checkers.
Overall, we rate Censored.News extreme right biased and Questionable based on the promotion of pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, fake news, poor sources, and a complete lack of transparency. (D. Van Zandt 4/14/2017) Updated (08/22/2022)
Source: https://www.censored.news/
Last Updated on May 17, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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