LEFT BIAS
These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information reporting that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.
- Overall, we rate The New Inquiry as left-biased based on editorial positions that routinely favor a progressive perspective. We also rate them as Mostly Factual rather than High due to one-sided reporting that may lack context.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: FAR-LEFT
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Magazine
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
History
The New Inquiry is an online magazine dedicated to cultural and literary criticism, founded in 2009 by Mary Borkowski, Jennifer Bernstein, and Rachel Rosenfelt. It operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is based in New York City.
According to its about page “We’re concerned with building a left that doesn’t reproduce what we critique, be that the Democratic party, anti-Blackness, transmisogyny, settler colonialism, or liberal optimism.”
Read our profile on the United States media and government.
Funded by / Ownership
The New Inquiry is owned by The New Inquiry, Inc., a nonprofit organization. It generates revenue through subscription fees and a shop that sells merchandise.
Analysis / Bias
The New Inquiry publishes articles on a wide range of social issues, politics, and culture, often from an intellectual and critical perspective. Articles and headlines rely on emotional wording that favors a progressive perspective, such as this FREE PALESTINE. STOP COP CITY. This well-written piece discusses the Stop Cop City movement’s efforts to prevent the development of a police mega-training center, known as Cop City, in part of the Welaunee Forest in South Dekalb County, Georgia. Despite facing resistance from the Atlanta Police Department and the federal government, the movement continues its fight against the project, expressing solidarity with the Palestinian struggle and aiming to challenge systems of oppression. Both of these perspectives favor the left.
Editorially, stories routinely favor the left and denigrate the right like this A Conspiracy Between the Far-Right and the #J20 Prosecutions. Other stories favor workers’ rights, social justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and concern for climate change. Finally, the New Inquiry strongly supports Palestine with writings from the Palestinian Youth Movement.
In general, The New Inquiry promotes strongly left-biased opinions and is reasonably fact-based; however, bias by omission is common as they focus on one side of issues.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate The New Inquiry as left-biased based on editorial positions that routinely favor a progressive perspective. We also rate them as Mostly Factual rather than High due to one-sided reporting that may lack context. (D. Van Zandt 04/24/2024)
Source: https://thenewinquiry.com/
Last Updated on April 24, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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