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The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ helps you to easily

identify different perspectives and political leanings
in the news so you can get the full picture and think
for yourself.

Knowing the political bias of media outlets allows

you to consume a balanced news diet and avoid
manipulation, misinformation, and fake news.
Everyone is biased, but hidden media bias misleads
and divides us. The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ is
based on our full and growing list of over 1,400
media bias ratings. These ratings inform our
balanced newsfeed.

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 just one or a few people, our ratings are based on
multipartisan, scientific analysis, including expert
panels and surveys of thousands of everyday
Americans.

See the AllSides Fact Check Bias Chart™ 

Learn how AllSides rates media bias 

Ratings based on online, U.S. political content only –

not TV, print, or radio. Ratings do not reflect
accuracy or credibility; they reflect perspective only.

AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ are based on a multi-partisan, scientific analysis. Version 9.0
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This chart does not rate accuracy or credibility. A

publication can be accurate, yet biased. Learn why AllSides
doesn't rate accuracy.

Unless otherwise noted, these bias ratings are based on

online written content, not TV, radio, or broadcast
content.

Here's how the AllSides

Media Bias Chart™ differs
from other media bias charts:
Data is gathered from many people across the
political spectrum — not just one biased
individual or a very small, elite group. We have a
patent on rating bias and use multiple
methodologies, not an algorithm. Our methods
are: Blind Bias Surveys of Americans, Editorial
Reviews by a multipartisan team of panelists
who look for common types of media bias,
independent reviews, and third party data.
Our research spans years — we started rating
media bias back in 2012.
We give separate bias ratings for the news
and opinion sections for some media outlets,
giving you a more precise understanding.
Transparent methodology: we tell you how we
arrived at the bias rating for each outlet. Search
for any media outlet here.
We consider and review data and research
conducted by third parties, like universities
and other groups.
Your opinion matters: we take into account
hundreds of thousands of community votes
on our ratings. Votes don't determine our
ratings, but are valuable feedback that may
prompt more research. We know that a mixed
group of experts and non-experts will provide a
more accurate result, so we solicit and consider
opinions of average people.
We don't rate accuracy — just bias. Our
ratings help readers to understand that certain
facts may be missing if they read only outlets
from one side of the political spectrum.
Americans are more polarized than ever — if
you’re like us, you see it in the news and on your
social media feeds every day. Bias is natural, but
hidden bias and fake news misleads and divides us.
That’s why AllSides has rated the media bias of over
1,400 sources. and put it into a media bias chart.
The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ shows the political
bias of some of the most-read sources in America.

The outlets featured on the AllSides Media Bias

Cart™ have varying degrees of influence. Read
about whether conservative or liberal media outlets
are more widely read.

Frequently Asked
Questions
about the AllSides Media Bias
Chart
1. Why Does the Bias of a Media Outlet Matter?
2. How Does AllSides Calculate Media Bias?
3. How Did AllSides Decide Which Media Outlets
to Include on the Chart?
4. What Do the Bias Ratings Mean?
5. Does a Center Rating Mean Neutral, Unbiased,
and Better?
6. Why Are Some Media Outlets On The Chart
Twice?
7. Does AllSides Rate Which Outlets Are Most
Factual or Accurate?
8. Where Can I See Past Versions of the Chart?
9. Where Can I Learn More?
10. I Disagree With Your Media Bias Ratings. Where
Can I Give You Feedback?

Why Does the Bias of a Media

Outlet Matter?
News media, social media, and search engines have
become so biased, politicized, and personalized
that we are often stuck inside filter bubbles, where
we’re only exposed to information and ideas we
already agree with. When bias is hidden and we see
only facts, information, and opinions that confirm
our existing beliefs, a number of negative things
happen: 1) we become extremely polarized as a
nation as we misunderstand or hate the "the other
side," believing they are extreme, hateful, or evil; 2)
we become more likely to be manipulated into
thinking, voting, or behaving a certain way; 3) we
become limited in our ability to understand others,
problem solve and compromise; 4) we become
unable to find the truth.

It feels good to hear from people who think just like

us, and media outlets have an incentive to be
partisan — it helps them to earn ad revenue,
especially if they use sensationalism and clickbait.
But when we stay inside a filter bubble, we may
miss important ideas and perspectives. The
mission of AllSides is to free people from filter
bubbles so they can better understand the world
— and each other. Making media bias transparent
helps us to easily identify different perspectives and
expose ourselves to a variety of information so we
can avoid being manipulated by partisan bias and
fake news. This improves our country long-term,
helping us to understand one another, solve
problems, know the truth, and make better
decisions.

Media bias has contributed to Americans becoming

more politically polarized.

At AllSides, we reduce the one-sided information

flow by providing balanced news from both liberal
and conservative news sources, and over 1,400
media bias ratings. Our tools help you to better
understand diverse perspectives and reduce
harmful, hateful polarization in America. By making
media bias transparent and consuming a balanced
news diet, we can arm ourselves with a broader
view — and find the truth for ourselves.

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How Does AllSides Calculate

Media Bias?
Our media bias ratings are based on multi-partisan,
scientific analysis. Our methodologies include Blind
Bias Surveys of Americans, Editorial Reviews by a
panel of experts trained to spot bias, independent
reviews, third party data, and community feedback.
Visit our Media Bias Rating Methodology page to
learn more.

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How Did AllSides Decide Which

Media Outlets to Include on the
Chart?
Some things we took into account include whether
the source was a top outlet in terms of traffic
according to Pew Research Center and Similarweb.
We also took into account how often people search
for the bias of that outlet on Google and visit
AllSides as a result.

We also include outlets that are good

representations a certain perspective or ideology.
For example, Jacobin magazine is included
because it represents socialist thought, while
Reason magazine is included because it represents
libertarian thought.

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What Do the Bias Ratings Mean?

These are subjective judgements made by AllSides
and people across the country. Learn our rough
approximation for what the media bias ratings
mean:

Left - Lean Left - Center - Lean Right - Right

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Does a Center Rating Mean

Neutral, Unbiased, and Better?
Center doesn't mean better! A Center media bias
rating does not mean the source is neutral,
unbiased, or reasonable, just as Left and Right do
not necessarily mean the source is extreme, wrong,
or unreasonable. A Center bias rating simply means
the source or writer rated does not predictably
publish content that tilts toward either end of the
political spectrum — conservative or liberal. A
media outlet with a Center rating may omit
important perspectives, or run individual articles
that display bias, while not displaying a predictable
bias. Center outlets can be difficult to determine,
and there is rarely a perfect Center outlet: some of
our outlets rated Center can be better thought of as
Center-Left or Center-Right, something we clarify on
individual source pages.

While it may be easy to think that we should only

consume media from Center outlets, AllSides
believes reading in the Center is not the answer. By
reading only Center outlets, we may still encounter
bias and omission of important issues and
perspectives. For this reason, it is important to
consume a balanced news diet across the political
spectrum, and to read horizontally across the bias
chart. Learn more about what an AllSides Media
Bias Rating™ of Center rating means here.

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Why Are Some Media Outlets On

The Chart Twice?
We sometimes provide separate media bias ratings
for a source’s news content and its opinion content.
This is because some outlets, such as the Wall
Street Journal and The New York Times, have a
notable difference in bias between their news and
opinion sections.

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.

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. We rate the bias of commentators
individually as much as possible. Yet The New York
Times Editorial Board has a clear Left media bias.
We take into account both the overall biases of the
individual writers and the Editorial Board to arrive at
a final bias rating of Left for the New York Times
opinion section.

See how we provide individual bias ratings for New

York Times opinion page writers here.

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Does AllSides Rate Which Outlets

Are Most Factual or Accurate?
AllSides does not rate outlets based on accuracy or
factual claims — this is a bias chart, not a credibility
chart. It speaks to perspective only.

We don't rate accuracy because we don't assume

we know the truth on all things. The left and right
often strongly disagree on what is truth and what is
fiction. Read more about why AllSides doesn't rate
accuracy.

We disagree with the idea that the more left or right

an outlet is, the less credibility it has. There’s
nothing wrong with having bias or an opinion, but
hidden bias misleads and divides us. Just because
an outlet is credible doesn’t mean it isn’t biased;
likewise, just because an outlet is biased doesn’t
mean it isn’t credible.

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Where Can I See Past Versions of

the Chart?
Learn more about past versions of the chart on our
blog:
Version 8
Version 7.2
Version 7.1
Version 7
Version 6
Version 5.1
Version 5
Version 4
Version 3
Version 2
Version 1.1
Version 1
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Where Can I Learn More?

Visit the AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ page and
search for any outlet for a full summation of our
research and how we arrived at the rating.

Visit our company FAQ for more information about

AllSides.

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I Disagree With Your Media Bias

Ratings. Where Can I Give You
Feedback?
You can vote on whether or not you agree with
media bias ratings, contact us, or sign up to
participate in our next Blind Bias Survey.

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