Do you know the political bias of media outlets?

Knowing the political bias of media outlets allows you to consume a balanced news diet and avoid manipulation and fake news. Everyone is biased, but hidden bias misleads and divides us.

How do you measure the partisan bias of news sources?

There is no completely clear answer to this question because there is no one exact methodology to measure and rate the partisan bias of news sources. All Sides is a news website that presents multiple sources side by side in order to provide the full scope of news reporting.

How does Allsides measure bias on opinion pages?

When rating an Opinion page, AllSides takes into account the outlet’s editorial board and its individual opinion page writers. The editorial board’s bias is weighted, and affects the final bias rating by about 60\%. For example, the New York Times has a range of individual Opinion page writers, who have a range of biases.

How is the Allsides media bias chart™ different from other bias charts?

The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ is more comprehensive in its methodology than any other media bias chart on the Web. While other media bias charts show you the subjective opinion of the one person who made it, our ratings are based based on multipartisan, scientific analysis. We use multiple methodologies to rate bias.

Is the New York Times left or right media biased?

For example, on this chart you will see The New York Times Opinion is rated as a Left media bias, while the New York Times news is rated Lean Left. Fox News Opinion content has a Right media bias, while Fox News is Lean Right.

Does center media bias rating mean better?

Center doesn’t mean better! A Center media bias rating does not always mean neutral, unbiased or reasonable, just as “far Left” and “far Right” do not always mean “extreme,” “wrong,” or “unreasonable.”