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 the purpose of 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 Femalista strongly left-biased and Questionable based on poor sourcing of information and a complete lack of transparency regarding authors and ownership.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Poor Sourcing, Lack of Transparency
Country: USA World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
Founded in 2017, Femalista is a feminist news and opinion website affiliated with the Facebook page Women’s Rights News. According to their about page “We promote and advocate an array of topics from global gender equality, feminism, gay rights, shaming & bullying, body positive & acceptance, rape, rape culture, victim blaming, reproductive rights / pro-choice, women’s health, domestic & sexual abuse, survivor & victim stories, SHEroes, human rights, gender pay gap and so much more.
Other than an about page the website lacks transparency as they do not disclose ownership, editors, or authors.
Femalista does not openly state ownership, however, on the terms and conditions page, it indicates they are controlled by Perfect Insight, Inc. A search for this company reveals they were dissolved in 2017. Revenue is derived through advertising.
Analysis / Bias
In review, Femalista breaks news down into categories such as Women, Activism, Beauty & Health, Body & Love, LGBT, Parenting, and Politics. Story selection favors a liberal perspective and utilizes moderately loaded emotional wording such as this Judge Rules Women’s Soccer Can Continue Earning Less Than Men, Even If They Do More Work. This story, like most, is published by the anonymous WRN Editor and is sourced to a Twitter video. A review of several articles indicates they do not source information properly.
Overall, we rate Femalista strongly left-biased and Questionable based on poor sourcing of information and a complete lack of transparency regarding authors and ownership. (D. Van Zandt 7/13/2020)
