LEFT BIAS
These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information reporting that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.
- Overall, we rate The Center for a Stateless Society strongly left-biased based on anti-capitalism views and support for liberal social positions. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
History
The Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS) is a left-anarchist think-tank and media center. Its mission is to explain and defend the idea of vibrant social cooperation without aggression, oppression, or centralized authority. They describe themselves as a Left-Market Think Tank and Media Center.
According to their about page, they state their mission as “to enlarge public understanding and transform public perceptions of anarchism, while reshaping academic and movement debate, through the production and distribution of market anarchist media content, both scholarly and popular, the organization of events, and the development of networks and communities, and to serve, along with the Alliance of the Libertarian Left and the Molinari Institute, as an institutional home for left market anarchists.”
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Funded by / Ownership
C4SS is owned by the Molinari Institute, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Molinari Institute does not list its donors, nor does the Center for a Stateless Society, which lacks transparency.
Analysis / Bias
In review, The Center for a Stateless Society advocates for Left-wing market anarchism, also known as free-market anti-capitalism and free-market socialism, and is a form of individualist anarchism and libertarian socialism. Confused yet?
In a nutshell, Left-wing market anarchists support anti-capitalist, anti-corporatist, anti-hierarchical, and pro-labor positions in economics; anti-imperialism in foreign policy; and socially liberal views regarding cultural issues such as gender, sexuality, and race. They also hold more collectivist views of land ownership or business ownership, hence the pro-labor label.
The C4SS publishes news under its commentary tag. The reporting here is mostly opinion-based and uses moderately loaded language such as this: Trumpism Reveals the Danger of Fusionism. This story is properly sourced from various sources, including The Intercept and Reason. Although C4SS has a very negative view of Trump and the GOP, they also do not support the progressive left because they are capitalists: No, Bernie Will Not Save Us. In other words, the Progressive Democrats are not left enough.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate The Center for a Stateless Society strongly left-biased based on anti-capitalism views and support for liberal social positions. We also rate them Mostly Factual for factual reporting rather than High due to a lack of transparency, despite proper sourcing and a clean fact check record. (11/23/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 01/05/2024)
Source: https://c4ss.org/
Last Updated on March 29, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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