Mediaite – Bias and Credibility

These media sources have a slight to moderate progressive/liberal bias.  They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor progressive/liberal causes.  These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.

• Overall, we rate Mediaite Left-Center Biased based on story selection that moderately always favors the left. We also rate them as High in factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

History

Founded in 2009, Mediaite is a liberal news and opinion blog covering politics and entertainment in the media industry. It is the flagship blog of Abrams Media, a ring of blogs run by ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams. The primary purpose of the site is to report news from and about mainstream media sources. The managing editor is Aidan McLaughlin.

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Funded by / Ownership

Abrams Media owns Mediaite and generates revenue primarily through advertising.

Analysis / Bias

In review, Mediaite reports news with a left-leaning bias through both story selection and wording such as this, Trump Fumes After Watching MSNBC, Takes Aim at Parent Company: ‘Such Lies’ and Trump’s Bizarre Statement About the Moon and Mars Rockets Across Twitter. This latter story is sourced from just tweets. Sourcing, in general, seems to come from social media and Youtube videos frequently.

Since our last review, Mediaite appears to have made modest improvements in terms of sourcing, particularly with more articles linking to reputable mainstream sources. While it previously relied heavily on social media posts and user-generated content like YouTube videos, recent content suggests more frequent sourcing from established media outlets. Nonetheless, the site still occasionally employs sensationalistic language in headlines, though these are largely supported by accurate reporting in the body of the articles.

Failed Fact Checks

• None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate Mediaite Left-Center Biased based on story selection that moderately always favors the left. We also rate them as High in factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record. (8/21/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 12/27/2024)

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/