QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
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- Overall, we rate the American Mirror Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias and the promotion of misleading propaganda.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracy, False Claims, Pseudoscience
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
The American Mirror is an extreme right news source/blog that does not have an about page or contact information. Their header claims “Kyle Olsen presents.” A google search indicates that Kyle Olsen is the founder of the Education Action Group Foundation, which promotes fighting wasteful spending at public schools. EAG is located in Muskegon, Michigan. According to Whois, the website domain was registered privately in 2014.
Read our profile on United States government and media.
Funded by / Ownership
Once again, The American Mirror does not provide any info regarding finances, though there is online advertising on the site and it is presumably owned by Kyle Olsen.
Analysis / Bias
In review, The American Mirror is a personal blog of Kyle Olsen that publishes consistently pro-right and anti-left information. Every article has a sensational headline that cannot be substantiated through evidence, such as this: WHAT’S WRONG WITH NANCY? Face spasms, slurred words mar brief Pelosi speech. Generally, every story on this blog denigrates the left without a single reference to a counterpoint.
During the Covid-19 pandemic this source frequently published misinformation. In general, we rate them Far-Right biased and low factual.
Failed Fact Checks
Overall, we rate the American Mirror Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias and the promotion of misleading propaganda. (9/21/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 06/04/2023)
Source: http://theamericanmirror.com/
Last Updated on June 30, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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