media bias Archives - Media Bias/Fact Check

Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US

February 6, 2018

What kinds of social media users read junk news? An Oxford University study analyzed the distribution of the most significant sources of junk news in the three months before [...]

A century ago, progressives were the ones shouting ‘fake news’

February 1, 2018

An 1894 cartoon by Frederick Burr Opper criticizes American newspapers’ elasticity with the truth. Library of Congress Matthew Jordan, Pennsylvania State University Donald [...]

The Making of a Questionable Source: The About Page – Part 1

September 11, 2017

This is the first in a multi-part series that will look at how Media Bias Fact Check (MBFC) determines if a source is Questionable or not. In this installment I will explain [...]

Media tested anew in ‘war’ with Trump

August 20, 2017

When Donald Trump sought this week to lump white supremacists and those protesting against them into the same bag, he triggered a political firestorm with Republicans and [...]

The real consequences of fake news

August 3, 2017

Information overload fuels 'fake news': study

This photograph taken in Paris Friday Dec. 2, 2016 shows stories from USA Daily News 24, a fake news site registered in Veles, Macedonia. USA Daily News 24 is one of roughly [...]

Being more media savvy won’t stop the spread of ‘fake news’ – here’s why

May 31, 2017

Shutterstock Craig Harper, Nottingham Trent University “Fake news” is the buzzword of 2017. Barely a day goes by without a headline about president Donald Trump [...]

The seven deadly sins of statistical misinterpretation, and how to avoid them

March 28, 2017

Where are the error bars? Shutterstock Winnifred Louis, The University of Queensland and Cassandra Chapman, The University of Queensland Statistics is a useful tool for [...]

Why polls seem to struggle to get it right – on elections and everything else

March 23, 2017

Where are the people really going? kewl/flickr, CC BY Daniel Alexander, Drake University I am a professor of mathematics, so my ears perk up when I hear someone say that [...]

How online hate infiltrates social media and politics

March 16, 2017

From person to person, the spread of online hate can be rapid. Connections via shutterstock.com Adam G. Klein, Pace University In late February, the headline of a news [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: FairVote

March 16, 2017

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 [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: Learn Liberty

March 10, 2017

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS These media sources are slightly to moderately conservative in bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: Philippine Daily Inquirer

March 9, 2017

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 [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: ScienceAlert

March 8, 2017

PRO-SCIENCE These sources consist of legitimate science. Legitimate science follows the scientific method, is unbiased and does not use emotional words. These sources [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: Frontpage Magazine

March 7, 2017

QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibits any of the following: extreme bias, overt propaganda, poor or no sourcing to credible information and/or is fake news. Fake [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: Left Action

March 6, 2017

LEFT BIAS These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: CBSNews.com.co

March 5, 2017

QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibits any of the following: extreme bias, overt propaganda, poor or no sourcing to credible information and/or is fake news. Fake [...]

‘Alternative facts’: A psychiatrist’s guide to twisted relationships to truth

March 2, 2017

Does your nose grow if it’s a falsehood, not a lie? Thomas Hawk, CC BY-NC Ronald W. Pies, Tufts University The phrase “alternative facts” has recently made the news in [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: BBC

March 2, 2017

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 [...]

Daily Source Bias Check: Campaign Life Coalition

February 28, 2017

RIGHT BIAS These media sources are highly biased toward conservative causes. They utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal [...]

Trump is right: stories will dry up if the press can’t use anonymous sources

February 27, 2017

Photo Source: Wikimedia Judith Townend, University of Sussex and Richard Danbury, De Montfort University Donald Trump has declared war on anonymous sources and wants to ban [...]