The Patriot Post – Bias and Credibility

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RIGHT BIAS

These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative 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 that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Right Bias sources.

  • Overall, we rate The Patriot Post Right Biased based on story selection and editorial opinions that usually favor the right. We also rate them Mostly Factual for factual reporting due to the occasional use of poor sources who do not have positive records with fact-checkers.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: RIGHT
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: USA
Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

Founded in 1996 as The Federalist, The Patriot Post is a Conservative media source promoting individual liberty. The founder was Mark Alexander, who is also the current editor.

According to their about page, the Mission is to be an “advocate of our Republic’s constitutional Rule of Law over the rule of men, the irrevocable terminus of the latter being tyranny. Our editors frame current social, political, and policy issues in the constitutional context established by our Founders and supported today by the plurality of Americans, who uphold the most basic tenet of our Republic: “that all men are created equal, that their Creator endows them with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

The Patriot Post discloses its staff here.

Read our profile on the United States government and media.

Funded by / Ownership

The Patriot Post is owned by Publius Press and is funded through donations and an online store that sells patriotic merchandise.



Analysis / Bias

In review, The Patriot Post publishes conservative news and commentary with moderately loaded wording that favors the right, such as this: Strong Economy Continues as Dems Warn of Collapse. This story provides a byline to the author with biographical information. The article’s only external source leads to the factually mixed Washington Free Beacon. In another story, there is again only moderate loaded language that is appropriately linked to an author’s bio: No, Ronald Reagan Was Not a Racist. Thiproperlypropriately sourced to the Associated Press and Washington Post.

The homepage also features links to right-leaning opinion columnists such as Larry Elder, Ann Coulter, Ben Shapiro, and Dennis Prager. Many opinion columnists do not have favorable track records with fact-checkers. In general, they properly source news, but sometimes from factually mixed sources. Further, all stories favor the right and paint liberals negatively. They also do not always support the consensus of science.

Failed Fact Checks

  • None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate The Patriot Post Right Biased based on story selection and editorial opinions that usually favor the right. We also rate them Mostly Factual for factual reporting due to the occasional use of poor sources who do not have positive records with fact-checkers. (7/19/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 08/17/2022)

Source: https://patriotpost.us/

Last Updated on July 1, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check


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