QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
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.
- Overall, we rate Mainstream Fake Media far-right biased and questionable based on the use of poor sources who frequently fail fact checks and a complete lack of transparency regarding ownership.
Detailed Report
Questionable Reasoning: Poor Sourcing, Lack of Transparency
Bias Rating: FAR RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
Press Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
According to a domain search, the domain was purchased in 2017. Mainstream Fake Media is a conservative news curation website that lacks transparency as it does not offer an about page, name editors or describes ownership.
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Funded by / Ownership
Mainstream Fake Media lacks transparency as they do not disclose ownership. Advertising generates revenue.
Analysis / Bias
Mainstream Fake Media does not produce original content but rather provides links to external news sources. Typically, they utilize Right-biased, questionable, or conspiracy-related sources. The most common source utilized are Newsmax (Far Right-Questionable), RedState (Right-Mixed), PJ Media (Questionable), Breitbart (Questionable), The Blaze (Questionable), and the Daily Caller (Right-Mixed). In general, Mainstream Fake Media demonstrates a far-right bias based on story selection that always favors the right and low factual reporting due to poor sources who frequently fail fact checks.
Failed Fact Checks
- They don’t produce original content.
Overall, we rate Mainstream Fake Media far-right biased and questionable based on the use of poor sources who frequently fail fact checks and a complete lack of transparency regarding ownership. (D. Van Zandt 8/26/2021)
Source: https://mainstreamfakemedia.com/
Last Updated on June 2, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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