These media sources are moderately 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 using an appeal 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 Mediaite Left Biased based on story selection that almost always favors the left. We also rate them as Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to misleading, sensational headlines and the occasional use of poor sources.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: LEFT
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: USA
Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

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.

Read our profile on the United States government and media.

Funded by / Ownership

Mediaite is owned by Abrams Media 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.

Story selection almost always favors the left and utilizes sensational headlines. Generally, this is a strongly left-leaning source that selects stories that favor the left and does not always source properly.

Failed Fact Checks

• None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate Mediaite Left Biased based on story selection that almost always favors the left. We also rate them as Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to misleading, sensational headlines and the occasional use of poor sources. (8/21/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 12/11/2022)

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