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It appears the best is none too good.

Doing a little research (mainly in wikipedia) the news bias and accuracy that comes out with the best reputation is Ad Fontes Media. Here's the Wiki article about it, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Fontes_Media .

The main problem listed for it is that it doesn't analyze enough stories from the sources to really give a complete view of a news outlet, publication or organization.

Ad Fontes Media is the source of the most widely distributed media bias and accuracy chart which you have probably seen somewhere online. Their most recent one updated for January 2021 is available here https://www.adfontesmedia.com/static-mbc/ .
 

I just used the Interactive version of the chart which allows you to look up individual news sources and get their ratings. The advantage of the interactive chart is that it also shows the individual articles that make up the rating so one can see what they rated the way they rated it.

Here's the link to the interactive chart https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/

Once again Gateway Pundit gets low accuracy and hyper partisan right so once again it isn't one I'd give a lot of credence too.
 

asp3 said:
I just used the Interactive version of the chart which allows you to look up individual news sources and get their ratings. The advantage of the interactive chart is that it also shows the individual articles that make up the rating so one can see what they rated the way they rated it.

Here's the link to the interactive chart https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/

Once again Gateway Pundit gets low accuracy and hyper partisan right so once again it isn't one I'd give a lot of credence too.
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Regarding adfontesmedia, just an FYI:

In 2018, a Columbia Journalism Review article questioned the thoroughness of the Media Bias Chart and similar initiatives, stating that "the five to 20 stories typically judged on these sites represent but a drop of mainstream news outlets' production"​
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In other words, you can't judge the quality of the water by testing a few quarts coming out of 6' diameter drainpipe at full pressure.

Another aspect to the question of news source leanings is timing. Often more political-oriented media will jump on stories before thoroughly investigating them, if they investigate at all, or sit on stories that are adverse to their political leanings. I think we've all seen this. Who measures that? As for government news sources, government bureaucracies are known to play hide or leak information with great relish, depending who or what they want to promote or put down.
 
asp3 said:
It appears the best is none too good.

Doing a little research (mainly in wikipedia) the news bias and accuracy that comes out with the best reputation is Ad Fontes Media. Here's the Wiki article about it, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Fontes_Media .

The main problem listed for it is that it doesn't analyze enough stories from the sources to really give a complete view of a news outlet, publication or organization.

Ad Fontes Media is the source of the most widely distributed media bias and accuracy chart which you have probably seen somewhere online. Their most recent one updated for January 2021 is available here https://www.adfontesmedia.com/static-mbc/ .
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Thanks for the link. I've seen that before and found it useful but hadn't bookmarked it. Until now, that is. :cool:
 
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