Psypost – Bias and Credibility

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• Overall, we rate PsyPost a Pro-Science based on proper sourcing of evidence-based information.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

Founded in 2010, PsyPost is a psychology and neuroscience news website dedicated to reporting the latest research on human behavior, cognition, and society. They report their “mission is to spread information about social science and neuroscience research.”

This website lacks transparency in ownership as well as authorship of articles.

Read our profile on the United States government and media.

Funded by / Ownership

Psypost is owned by Eric W. Dolan, who is also the founder. Revenue is derived through advertising.

Analysis / Bias

In review, PsyPost republishes or summarizes news stories related to psychology. For example, this story is sourced from Frontiers in Psychology. This story comes from Cognitive science and is credible Study uncovers some electrophysiological processes associated with the Dunning–Kruger effect.

Editorially, Psypost sticks with news and info related to psychology.

Failed Fact Checks

• None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate PsyPost a Pro-Science based on proper sourcing of evidence-based information.  (D. Van Zandt 1/13/2017) Updated (12/18/2022)

Source: https://www.psypost.org/