News Sources

It is important to understand that each news source may have its own bias, a tendency to the perceived or real partiality of journalists and news producers within the mass media. Bias can manifest in various forms, such as the selection of events and stories that are reported, the manner in which they are covered, and the framing of issues. There are several different types of bias, including Political Bias (favoring a particular political party or ideology), Corporate Bias (influenced by corporate interests or advertisers), Public Bias (catering to the preference of audience), and Selection Bias (highlighting certain stories over others to shape public perception) among others.

In terms of political bias, news organizations can be generally placed on a left-right spectrum based on their editorial stance and coverage:

• Left-Leaning (Liberal)
  Emphasis on social justice, progressive policies, and government intervention in economic affairs.
• Center-Left
  Generally balanced reporting with a slight lean towards progressive views on social issues.
• Center
  Strive for neutrality and factual reporting without overt ideological slant.
• Center-Right
  Focus on economic conservatism, market-oriented policies, and balanced social issues.
• Right-Leaning (Conservative)
  Emphasis on traditional values, limited government intervention, and free-market policies.

Ad Fontes Media is a public benefit corporation based in Colorado, founded in 2018. Its mission is to rate all the news to positively transform society. They generate overall news source scores based on scores of individual articles (in the case of online news sources) or episodes (in the cases of podcasts, radio, TV, and video-based sources). More details on their methodology can be found here.

In addition to the static media bias chart above, Ad Fontes Media also provides an interactive media bias chart.

AllSides is a public benefit corporation serving news consumers and providing patented technologies, tools and services to media companies, nonprofits, schools, businesses and other organizations. AllSides makes and mantains a Media Bias Rating and a Media Bias Chart as shown below: