What is CNN’s Bias and Reliability
Bias Rating Credibility and Reliability Factual Reporting LEFT MEDIUM MIXED All specialized bias raters agree that CNN is either lean-left or left-biased as most content…
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Google News results favor left-leaning media, report finds
Google News and Google News search engine results appear to show a “strong preference” for media organizations that are on the left of the political…
Think journalism’s a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age
Think journalism’s a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age An 1899 photograph of the pressroom of the Planet, a newspaper…
When MSNBC or Fox News airs in public places, how do people react?
Frank Waddell, University of Florida Have you been traveling and noticed that all the televisions in an airport terminal were set to CNN? Or grabbed…
Giuliani Misleads on Trump Tower Meeting
By Eugene Kiely – Factcheck.org Rudy Giuliani falsely claimed that when Donald Trump Jr. and other Trump campaign officials agreed to meet Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump…
Race of mass shooters influences how the media cover their crimes, new study shows
If a news report mentions a shooter’s tough childhood, chances are he’s white. ASAG Studio Laura Frizzell, The Ohio State University; Sadé L. Lindsay, The…
Misinformation and biases infect social media, both intentionally and accidentally
People who share potential misinformation on Twitter (in purple) rarely get to see corrections or fact-checking (in orange). Shao et al., CC BY-ND Giovanni…
Why bullshit hurts democracy more than lies
Why is bullshit so harmful? Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA Michael Blake, University of Washington Since the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, members of his…
Local media struggle to hold Sinclair accountable
A screenshot from the Deadspin montage, which featured news anchors repeating the same script decrying ‘fake news.’ Deadspin Andrea Hickerson, Rochester Institute of Technology Sinclair…
An Exercise in Web Propaganda
CC BY-SA 3.0 NY By Richmond Shreve Viral email messages, a stealth tool in political motivation, abound during political campaigns. I collect them as samples of…
Protest Media Coverage and the False Narrative
Often, the negative news reported about large demonstrations/protests is grossly exaggerated (and sometimes outright false) and may give the illusion of an event that was…
Bias is Different than Factual. Media Bias/Fact Check is Breaking it Down
Anyone who has been following this site for more than a few months, must realize we are flying by the seat of our pants. There…