Dundee Evening Telegraph – Bias and Credibility

Dundee Evening Telegraph - Left-Center Bias - Liberal - Credible - ReliableFactual 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 appeals 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 The Dundee Evening Telegraph as Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that slightly 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 (-2.2)
Factual Reporting: HIGH (1.0)
Country: United Kingdom
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Newspaper
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

The Dundee Evening Telegraph is a newspaper serving Dundee, Scotland, UK, and the surrounding area. It covers local, national, and international news, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, and opinion.

Read our profile on the United Kingdom government and media.

Funded by / Ownership

The Dundee Evening Telegraph is owned by DC Thomson Media, a Scottish media conglomerate that owns other publications. The newspaper generates revenue through advertising, subscriptions, and sponsored content.

Analysis / Bias

In review, The Dundee Evening Telegraph covers news, sports, lifestyle, and politics for the greater Dundee, Scotland, area. They report local news with minimal loaded emotional language, such as this Swinney urged to honour commitment in SNP manifesto to spend £10m tackling loneliness crisis. National and international news comes from PA Media and the Associated Press.

Editorially, The Dundee Evening Telegraph offers balanced perspectives that align more with the left overall. Finally, the news is generally reported factually and with a slight left-leaning editorial bias.

Failed Fact Checks

  • None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate The Dundee Evening Telegraph as Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that slightly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record. (D. Van Zandt 12/21/2024)

Source: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/

Last Updated on December 21, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check

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