WND News Center – Bias and Credibility

WND News Center - Questionable Source - Right Bias - Conservative - Not CredibleFactual Reporting: Low - Not Credible - Not Reliable - Fake News - Bias


QUESTIONABLE SOURCE

A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact-checked on a per-article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.

  • Overall, we rate WND News Center Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of conspiracy theories, numerous failed fact checks, and a complete lack of transparency.

Detailed Report

Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Fake News, Failed Fact Checks, Lack of Transparency
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
Press Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY

History

WND News Center appears to be a website that republishes news stories by the far-right questionable website WND. The stories that appear on WND News Center come from WND’s News Center category. The website lacks transparency as they do not clearly disclose they are a part of WND.

Founded in 1997, World Net Daily, or WND, is a politically conservative news and opinion website. WND was founded by Joseph Farah, who also serves as editor-in-chief. WND also publishes books under the imprint WND Books.

Read our profile on the United States government and media.

Funded by / Ownership

WND News Center lacks transparency as they do not disclose they are owned by WND. They claim to be a non-profit 501(c)3 that solicits donations.

Analysis / Bias

WND is a Questionable online news source with a far-right bias and dabbles in right-wing conspiracies such as President Obama’s birth certificate. They also use misleading clickbait headlines that do not always match the article’s content. WND also has an abysmal track record with fact-checkers, as seen below.



During the CoronaVirus outbreak of 2020, WND has been accused of peddling false and misleading information regarding the virus.

Several different media outlets have criticized WND for both promoting white nationalism and peddling conspiracy theories. For example, the Washington Post and Columbia Journalism Review have written articles describing WND as Far Right and Alt-Right. Further, The Southern Poverty Law Center labels WorldNetDaily as an antigovernment extremist group.

See full review on WND.

Failed Fact Checks (WND)

Overall, we rate WND News Center Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of conspiracy theories, numerous failed fact checks, and a complete lack of transparency. (D. Van Zandt 09/26/2022)

Source: https://www.wndnewscenter.org/

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


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