Media Literacy & Bias (interesting website) 🗞️ 📺 📻

Do you mean Wikipedia, Freya? If so, you are right not to believe it. Anyone can write (or alter) a wiki page, so they are notoriously inaccurate, particularly where individuals are concerned.

I wouldnt believe what wicky says either.Like the supposed bbc fact check, who checks the checkers. All biased to their own political beliefs.

Euronews is very factual and dry. No bias except towards European stuff.

Thanks all of you GNs for that re-assurance. I will have a good and proper read of this source. We really need to know who is pushing the 'hot' stories in the media.

Five years is years, is it not? 🤔

Yes, of course there is a US bias, but anyone using it as a rough guide to the reliability of a news source with which they are not familiar (which is what it is for) will factor that in. It is a useful starting point and doesn’t claim more than that.

‘Bias’ is subjective at best, as are definitions of left and right wing, which is why there could never be a totally reliable guide, in any case. . .

Doodledog

It’s not bogus - it’s been around for years and is well regarded.

Founded 2018? Around for 'years'? 🤔

Mind you, every respected institution was new once upon a time.

I wonder if the fact that it is US based would skew their analysis?

I did have a quick look, but not a deep dive...

It’s not bogus - it’s been around for years and is well regarded.

At least you know someone is paying attention Fanny

Maremia

Had a quick look and it is quite high tec. After all the recent controversy with The Sun, and which other stories are being masked, I wonder who has compiled this, and how neutral are they?

Well, that’s why I shared it.
If it’s bogus please let us know

This is what Wicky says:
Ad Fontes Media, Inc. is a Colorado-based media watchdog organization primarily known for its Media Bias Chart, which rates media sources in terms of political bias and reliability. The organization was founded in 2018 by patent attorney Vanessa Otero with the goal of combating political polarization and media bias. Ad Fontes Media uses a panel of analysts across the political spectrum to evaluate articles for the Chart.

Had a quick look and it is quite high tec. After all the recent controversy with The Sun, and which other stories are being masked, I wonder who has compiled this, and how neutral are they?