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Ad Fontes Media Chart: REVIEWS OF MEDIA BIAS CHART: HOW BIASED IS IT?

White Paper: Multi-Analyst Content Analysis Methodology September 2021 (adfontesmedia.com)
"This white paper describes, in detail, the process by which Ad Fontes Media produces the various iterations of the Media Bias Chart."
Recent discussions about bias AND Ad Fontes Media in the past month.

Comparing multiple sources:

SOURCE: adfontesmedia.com/Vanessa Otero
Original fact reporting ...........................NPR...... | C-Span
Fact reporting...............BuzzFeed......................................... .|................ Wall Street Journal
Analysis/opinion - Fair Huff Post. .......................CNN...... |...........................The Washington Times

SOURCE: PEW
NPR .............CNN........ . | Yahoo News..............Fox ..................Brietbart

SOURCE: sharylattkisson
NPR....CNN..................................................................C-Span | Wall street Journal..Washington Times.....Breitbart

SOURCE: Reuters
NPR...Washington Post......CNN...Yahoo News |...................................Fox

2018 Evaluation by Val Magno

How Biased are your News Views?

Image Source: Political Polarization & Media Habits (pewresearch.org/)

Even the dicussions about how biased the media is...can be biased. Look for multiple sources.

Misinformation and biases infect social media, both intentionally and accidentally (theconversation.com)
Great overview of all the problems facing information consumers
ACTIVITY: Use this BLANK CHART to make your own chart and compare it to the others (adfontesmedia.com):
How BIASED Is YOUR News? A look at the media credibility spectrum… all of it.
Even more graphs to choose from

Reuter's report

Image Source: Images from "Digital News Report 2017 Jun. 21, 2017" slides #122, 123, 124 - Reuters Institute - International analysis

Does your Information Diet matter?

Partisan media? Cable viewers shift attitudes after changing the channel (news.yale.edu)
"The experiment provided evidence that partisan media outlets, by filtering out unflattering or negative information about their preferred ideological side, weaken the electorate’s ability to evaluate the performance of elected leaders. It also found evidence that, by setting the news agenda through its coverage choices, partisan media strongly influences the issues its viewers deem most pressing."
Working Paper: The impacts of selective partisan media exposure (osf.io)
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Competing Media Bias chart by Sharyl Attkisson

Image Source: Media Bias: A New Chart SHARYL ATTKISSON. Chart created based on Pew's "Ideological Placement of Each Source’s Audience"

Gallop: Politics and Trust

Image Source: Gallup/Knight Foundation Accuracy and Bias Report

News Literacy: News Views & Fact Checking Resources: Media Bias