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Research 101: Media Bias

Media Watchdogs

The following websites will help you identify biased news stories:

  • AllSides - "Exposes bias and provides multiple angles on the same story so you can quickly get the full picture, not just one slant."
  • Media Bias/Fact Check - "An independent online media outlet dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices."
  • Project Censored - "The news that didn't make the news."
  • PunditFact - "Dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media."

Organizations monitoring conservative media bias:

  • Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) - "Works to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints."
  • Media Matters for America - "A progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media."

Organizations monitoring liberal media bias:

  • Accuracy in Media (AIM) - "Uses citizen activism and investigative journalism to expose media bias, corruption, and public policy failings."
  • Media Research Center (MRC) - "Works to expose and neutralize the propaganda arm of the Left: the national news media."

Is your favorite news source left, right or center?