In the boxes below, you will find lists and links to a selection of newspapers, news magazines, broadcast media, and other news resources that approach contemporary events from a variety of points of view.There are also links to media watch groups that critique media outlets for their bias, fairness and accuracy. |
The AllSides Bias Rating is listed for each news source. AllSides.com is one website which aims to reduce political bias by rating news organizations in terms of political bias and reliability.Another website that does ratings like this is Ad Fontes Media, known for its Media Bias Chart which rates media sources in terms of political bias and reliability. |
| The Guardian. (London, England) Find this via Access World News AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Left |
Chicago Tribune. (current) Chicago Tribune. (historical) AllSides Bias Rating: Center |
New York Post. Find this via Access World News AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Right (news) AllSides Bias Rating: RIGHT (opinion) |
| Los Angeles Times. (current) Los Angeles Times. (historical) AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Left |
Christian Science Monitor. Find this via Access World News AllSides Bias Rating: Center |
Orange County Register. Find this via Access World News AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Right |
| New York Times. (current) New York Times. (historical) AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Left (news) AllSides Bias Rating: LEFT (opinion) |
Seattle Times. Find this via Access World News AllSides Bias Rating: Center |
The Telegraph. (London, England) Find this via Access World News AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Right |
| San Francisco Chronicle. (current) Find this via Access World News San Francisco Chronicle. (historical) AllSides Bias Rating: LEFT |
Wall Street Journal. (current) Wall Street Journal. (historical) AllSides Bias Rating: Center (news) |
Wall Street Journal. (current) Wall Street Journal. (historical) AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Right (opinion) |
| Washington Post. (current) Washington Post. (historical) AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Left |
Washington Times. Find this via Access World News AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Right |
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The American Prospect. Promotes liberal and progressive goals through reporting, analysis, and debate, with a prescriptive focus that distinguishes it from other publications. |
Forbes. American magazine with articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, and law. |
The American Conservative. Supports conservatism that favors fiscal responsibility, civil liberties, community (self-government and civil society), and a prudent foreign policy. |
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The Economist. British weekly that aims to support an "extreme centre" point of view of free trade, globalization, free immigration, and cultural liberalism. |
Foreign Affairs. American magazine that focuses on international relations and U.S. foreign policy, published by the Council on Foreign Relations. |
The American Spectator. Online journal of ideas, concepts and policies that favor economic freedom, individual liberty, limited government, and traditional American values. |
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Mother Jones. American independent, nonprofit, progressive magazine of news, commentary, and investigative reporting on topics of politics and culture. |
Foreign Policy. American news journal focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy. |
National Review. A semi-monthly conservative magazine of news and commentary on political, social, and cultural affairs. |
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The Nation. Weekly journal of liberal and progressive political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis, founded by abolitionists in 1865. |
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New Republic. Founded in 1914 as a journal of opinion which seeks to champion progressive ideas and challenge popular opinion. |
| ABC News. AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Left |
BBC News. AllSides Bias Rating: Center |
Christian Broadcasting Network.(CBN) AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Right |
| CBS News. AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Left |
C-SPAN. AllSides Bias Rating: Center |
Fox News. |
| CNN. AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Left (news) AllSides Bias Rating: Left (opinion) |
National Public Radio. (news) AllSides Bias Rating: Center |
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| MSNBC. AllSides Bias Rating: Left |
PBS NewsHour. AllSides Bias Rating: Center |
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| NBC News. AllSides Bias Rating: Lean Left |
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HuffPost. Mostly liberal-leaning American news aggregator and blog founded in 2005 as an alternative to news aggregators like the Drudge Report. Formerly known as the Huffington Post. |
Associated Press. (AP) Independent, not-for-profit news cooperative. The AP is owned by its contributing news outlets in the U.S., all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists. |
TheBlaze. The Blaze is a conservative libertarian multi-platform news and entertainment network available online, on television, and on radio, founded by talk radio personality Glenn Beck. |
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Politico. Political journal that focuses on United States and international politics and policy. AllSides previously rated Politico as Center. |
Cook Political Report. Independent online newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, Governor's offices and the American Presidency. |
Breitbart News. American far-right syndicated news, opinion and commentary website established in mid-2007 by Andrew Breitbart, its founder, to be the "Huffington Post of the Right." |
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Salon.com. Salon is a news and opinion website that covers politics, culture, and current events from a "provocative" politically liberal perspective. |
FiveThirtyEight. Website that focuses on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging. |
The Drudge Report. A politically right-leaning, American news aggregator website linking to news stories from other outlets about politics, entertainment, and current events. |
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Slate Magazine. Slate is a general-interest online magazine offering analysis and commentary from a liberal perspective about politics, news, business, technology, and culture. |
RealClearPolitics. RealClearPolitics is a political news and polling data aggregator that provides news and opinion from a variety of sources, in addition to commentary from its own contributors. Although its own political views lean conservative, RealClearPolitics aims for ideological diversity in its commentary section. |
RedState. AllSides Bias Rating: Right Conservative news and opinion website that publishes content with a "borderline extreme right wing bias." |
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Center for Media and Democracy. (CMD) A progressive nonprofit watchdog and advocacy organization with a focus on corporations and politicians. |
Columbia Journalism Review. (CJR) CJR monitors and supports the press as it works across all platforms, and also tracks the ongoing evolution of the media business. |
Accuracy in Media. (AIM) American non-profit conservative news media watchdog founded in 1969 to expose media bias, corruption, and public policy failings. |
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Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. (FAIR) Media watch group that monitors the U.S. news media for "inaccuracy, bias, and censorship" and advocates for greater diversity of perspectives in news reporting. |
FactCheck.org A nonprofit website that aims to be a "consumer advocate for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics" from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. |
Center for Media and Public Affairs. (CMPA) While it describes itself as "a nonpartisan research and educational organization," most of CMPA's funding comes from conservative sources. |
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Media Matters for America. (MMfA) A left-leaning nonprofit organization with the stated mission of "comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media." |
Pew Research Center. A nonpartisan fact tank focused on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Pew conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. |
Media Research Center. (MRC) A nonprofit media watchdog organization committed to "neutralizing [the] leftist bias in the news media and popular culture." |
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PolitiFact.org. Fact-checking website focused on American politics that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its 'Truth-O-Meter.' |
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NewsBusters. A conservative content analysis organization with a mission is to "expose and neutralize the propaganda arm of the Left: the national news media. |