Source Bias Raters

Bias Raters

These sources rate degree of bias (or outright fakery) in thousands of news sources.

Bias  unreliability.  A biased source that uses factual data and cites where it comes from can be reliable. But recognizing its bias will help you interpret its arguments. Interpretations of bias can differ - one person's 'right' or 'left' may be another's  'center'.  Check multiple sources and ultimately use your own judgment.

 Media Bias Fact Check - Evaluates over 1300 news sources for bias, and rates them on a continuum (left, left-center, least biased, right-center, right) using this methodology.  Also rates news sources on how factual their reporting is, and the quality of their sources, using a high / mixed / low scale. Provides lists of news sources that are 'fake', whether pseudoscience, conspiracy theory, or satire.

Open Sources - Curates a spreadsheet of unreliable sources, tagging them according to twelve categories of credibility, from fake to credible, including 'conspiracy theory', 'rumor mill', 'clickbait', etc. The homepage explains their method for analyzing a source.

Websites that Post Fake and Satirical Stories - Factcheck.org has compiled a list of websites that publish fake or satirical stories, collected in the course of their fact checking work.  This list is continually updated.

The information above was pulled from the University of Georgia’s Library Resource page for student use.

University of Georgia GALILEO Library. “GALILEO@UGA Subject Guides: Fact Checking the News: Fact Checking

Organizations & Bias Raters.” GALILEO@UGA Subject Guides, University of Georgia, 13 June 2018, 4:45 PM,

guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=685109.