Port Perry Star

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Port Perry Star - Left Center Bias - Liberal - Progressive - CredibleFactual Reporting: High - Credible - Reliable


LEFT-CENTER BIAS

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

  • Overall, we rate Port Perry Star Left-Center biased based on editorial positions that slightly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: Canada
Press Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Newspaper
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

The Port Perry Star is a newspaper published in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. therecord.com/local-port-perry/ provides online local, national, and world news for the greater Port Perry, Ontario region.

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Funded by / Ownership

The publisher of Port Perry Star is Metroland Media Group Ltd., a subsidiary of Nordstar Capital LP. Advertising generates revenue.

Analysis / Bias

In 2015 and 2021, the Toronto Star (Nordstar), which owns the Port Perry Star publisher Metroland Media Group, endorsed the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau.

In review, Port Perry Star uses low-biased wording when reporting local news such as this: It’s Thursday and our top story is assault, weapons charges laid after alleged Hwy. 401 road rage assault in Oshawa. National news is derived from the Canadian Press, while world news comes from the Associated Press.

Editorially, a review of op-eds slightly favors the left. In general, they are fact-based and hold a left-leaning editorial bias.

Failed Fact Checks

  • None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate Port Perry Star Left-Center biased based on editorial positions that slightly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record. (D. Van Zandt 03/24/2023)

Source: https://www.therecord.com/local-port-perry/

Last Updated on March 24, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check

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