LEFT BIAS
These media sources are moderate 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 appealing to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.
- Overall, we rate Heatmap News as left-biased based on political advocacy for climate change action. We also rate them as mostly factual in reporting due to one-sided reporting that may leave out important counterarguments.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT (-6.4)
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (2.1)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Heatmap News is a digital media platform founded in 2022, dedicated to covering climate change and its wide-ranging effects on the economy, politics, technology, culture, and lifestyle. Nico Lauricella, a former editor-in-chief of The Week online, founded the outlet. Key editorial members include Robinson Meyer (Executive Editor), Jillian Goodman (Deputy Editor), and other experienced journalists. Heatmap News aims to provide in-depth and evidence-based climate journalism. The company is located in New York.
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Funded by / Ownership
Heatmap News secured $4 million in Series A funding from Autumn Road Capital, a Connecticut-based venture capital firm, in March 2023. This funding supports its operations and expansion. The platform relies on venture capital investments and reader engagement, including a newsletter with over 50,000 subscribers.
Analysis / Bias
Heatmap News focuses exclusively on climate change and related topics. Its reporting generally reflects a commitment to evidence-based journalism, often diving into the complexities of climate policies and technologies. Articles and headlines sometimes rely on emotional wording such as this . Like all others reviewed, this story relies on credible sources like The Hill, Politico, and .gov sites.
While Heatmap does not explicitly display political bias, its content naturally aligns with the scientific consensus on climate change, which may appeal more to environmentally conscious audiences, typically associated with liberal or progressive views. For example, in the story Elon Musk Broke Bad on Climate frames Musk is an enemy of climate change initiatives. Further, they also point out false claims by Donald Trump as it relates to climate.
In general, Heatmap holds a left-leaning editorial bias and reports factually with proper sourcing of information; however, information is usually one-sided.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Heatmap News as left-biased based on political advocacy for climate change action. We also rate them as mostly factual in reporting due to one-sided reporting that may leave out important counterarguments. (D. Van Zandt 12/23/2024)
Source: https://heatmap.news/
Last Updated on December 23, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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