RocaNews – Bias and Credibility

RocaNews - Least Biased - Mostly Credible and ReliableFactual Reporting: Mostly Factual - Mostly Credible and Reliable


LEAST BIASED

These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes).  The reporting is factual and usually sourced.  These are the most credible media sources.

  • Overall, we rate RocaNews Least Biased based on minimal editorializing of content. We also rate them Mostly Factual rather than High due to a complete lack of hyperlinked sourcing.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: LEAST BIASED
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: USA
Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

History

Founded in 2020 by Max Frost, Max Towey, and Billy Carney, RocaNews is a news website geared toward millennials and Gen Z. According to their about page, “The news shouldn’t be a chore, but decades of inconvenient, partisan, and negative coverage have made it one. Roca brings you interesting news in a convenient way.”

Both Max Frost and Max Towey were a part of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute.

Read our profile on the United States government and media.

Funded by / Ownership

The website does not specifically name ownership; however, it is assumed to be co-owned by the founders. Revenue appears to be derived through advertising.

Analysis / Bias

In review, RocaNews summarizes news stories in just a few sentences in the categories politics, sports, business, world, science, and happy hour, which appear to be random stories that do not easily fit into a classification. Articles and headlines utilize low biased wording such as this US to hit 100M vaccines today; EU green-lights vaccine. When it comes to the sourcing of information, they don’t. Not at all. Therefore, it is impossible to determine where the news information is coming from.



Editorially, RocaNews does not publish op-eds; however, they do publish political news that is generally low-biased and does not appear to favor either side. In general, the news is reported with minimal bias and appears factual; however, it is impossible to check without sourcing.

Failed Fact Check

  • None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate RocaNews Least Biased based on minimal editorializing of content. We also rate them Mostly Factual rather than High due to a complete lack of hyperlinked sourcing. (D. Van Zandt 03/20/2021) Updated (02/18/2022)

Source: https://www.rocanews.com/

Last Updated on June 30, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check


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