I recently found this site while researching if a site someone sourced in a political discussion was generally thought to be biased (left, right, or close to the middle). Just because a source may "left" or "right", as long as you are aware of that and take that into account when viewing or reading reports from that source doesn't, imo, mean that the report should automatically be tossed out if you disagree with their political leanings or touted as the gold standard if you happen to agree with their political leanings. A lot of times certain questions and views on specific topics are only brought up by ones on the far left or on the far right, with some of those specific angles and views being valid points that should be discussed by both sides.
http://mediabiasfactcheck.com/
To test what I thought overall of the ratings on the site itself, I started with some of the obvious ones, FOX, MSNBC, CNN, etc. Overall, I found their ratings to be pretty accurate and well sourced information about the media outlet itself, which helped to back up even more the ratings a source had received.
I thought others might find http://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ a helpful resource when researching political information and sourcing sites.
One news outlet I have found in the last several months that I really like is NEWSY http://www.newsy.com/ Viewing their reporting with the understanding that they are clearly slightly left of center (not fall over dead left as the MSNBC type) I found that on a multitude of subjects they tend to give more balanced reporting with info from both the left and right side on topics that many other outlets will only include one side or the other. The angles of some of their stories and certain word choices betray their slightly left views, however, even with that, they do tend to at least be fair and show the oppositions true responses and actions to the subject they are reporting on, imo.
I am curious if anyone else uses NEWSY to get their daily news. If so, what are your thoughts on it? I have been meaning to ask about them since I found them. |
