Metamorphosis Foundation is rated Left-Center with High factual reporting by Media Bias Fact Check.
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
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- Overall, we rate Metamorphosis Foundation Left-Center biased based on its pro-democracy, pro-EU, digital-rights, social-accountability, and anti-disinformation advocacy. We rate it High for factual reporting due to transparent funding, strong institutional partnerships, evidence-based reporting, membership in recognized fact-checking and digital-rights networks, and a clean fact-check record.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER (-2.0)
Factual Reporting: HIGH (0.5)
Country: North Macedonia
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MODERATE FREEDOM
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Metamorphosis Foundation is a civil-society organization based in Skopje, North Macedonia, focused on media integrity, digital rights, social accountability, civic engagement, and combating disinformation. According to its Mission and Vision page, the foundation envisions a society where citizens hold governments accountable, technology and institutions serve the public, and truth prevails over manipulation. Its work focuses on media and information integrity, social accountability, and responsible digital transformation.
Read our profile on North Macedonia’s media and government.
Funded by / Ownership
Metamorphosis Foundation is a nonprofit organization supported by grants, international development agencies, embassies, civil-society programs, and democracy-support organizations. Listed partners and donors include the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the European Union, USAID, the British Embassy Skopje, the National Endowment for Democracy, Balkan Trust for Democracy, Open Society Foundations – Western Balkans, the Netherlands Embassy in Skopje, the International Visegrad Fund, CIVICUS, Norway, Smart Balkans, Sigrid Rausing Trust, and others. Metamorphosis is also a member of several media, digital-rights, and fact-checking networks, including the International Fact-Checking Network, the European Fact-Checking Standards Network, IFEX, EDRi, Global Voices, Creative Commons, and the Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans.
Analysis / Bias
Metamorphosis Foundation publishes from a pro-democracy, pro-transparency, pro-EU, digital-rights, and anti-disinformation perspective. This places it on the Left-Center side of the spectrum, particularly through its support for open government, civic engagement, inclusion, media literacy, gender-sensitive digital safety, and accountability for institutions. However, the site is not primarily partisan; its bias is rooted in liberal-democratic civil-society values rather than party politics.
For example, New position paper calls for the inclusion of the Western Balkans in the EU Democracy Shield advocates for the Western Balkans to be included in European democratic-resilience and disinformation-monitoring systems. The article is clearly pro-EU and frames the region as part of Europe’s democratic security perimeter, while focusing on foreign information manipulation, election-related disinformation, anti-EU narratives, and digital-rights risks.
Similarly, Online Violence, Misinformation, and Digital Safety Drive Urgent Regional Advocacy Action emphasizes online safety, misinformation, hate speech, gender-based digital harm, cybersecurity, AI risks, and institutional accountability. The article reflects a civil-society and human-rights perspective, especially regarding protections for women, journalists, activists, vulnerable groups, and public figures.
The publication DISINFORMATION TRENDS AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKAN REGION Media Monitoring Report October – December 2025 provides regional analysis of anti-Western, anti-EU, anti-NATO, anti-migrant, and pro-Russian disinformation narratives. The report is analytical and advocacy-oriented, but it is grounded in media monitoring, regional research, and documented narrative trends.
Overall, Metamorphosis Foundation is transparent about its mission, donors, partners, and advocacy focus. Its work is strongly aligned with liberal-democratic institutions, European integration, digital rights, and anti-disinformation efforts. This creates a clear worldview but not a record of factual unreliability. Its reports and publications are generally evidence-based, policy-focused, and produced within recognized civil-society and fact-checking networks.
Failed Fact Checks
- None to date. Metamorphosis is associated with fact-checking and media-integrity networks, including IFCN and EFCSN.
Overall, we rate Metamorphosis Foundation Left-Center biased based on its pro-democracy, pro-EU, digital-rights, social-accountability, and anti-disinformation advocacy. We rate it High for factual reporting due to transparent funding, strong institutional partnerships, evidence-based reporting, membership in recognized fact-checking and digital-rights networks, and a clean fact-check record. (D. Van Zandt 06/24/2026)
Source: https://metamorphosis.org.mk/
Last Updated on June 24, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check
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