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Knowing the political bias of media outlets allows you to consume a balanced news diet and avoid manipulation, misinformation, and fake news. Everyone is biased, but hidden media bias misleads and divides us. The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ is based on our full and growing list of over 2,400 media bias ratings.
The most biased conservative sources were found to be the Gateway Pundit and InfoWars, scoring 28.55 and 31.05 respectively. Conversely, the most biased progressive sources were the Palmer...
Although not all sources from The Chart are listed on this page, it's sometimes an easy way to find and isolate descriptions of major news and broadcast outlets. Profile pages describe methodology, and provide overall scores for both reliability and political "lean."
A key finding from the Pew survey is that conservatives have a higher level of distrust overall of news sources and consume a much narrower range of news sources. Liberal audiences trust and consume a broader range of news sources.
A Center rating simply means the source does not predictably publish perspectives favoring either end of the political spectrum — conservative or liberal. A Center outlet may omit important perspectives, or run individual articles that display bias.
AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ make the political leanings of media sources transparent so that you can get the full picture and think for yourself. AllSides has rated over 2,400 sources.
Among consistent liberals, CNN (15%), NPR (13%), MSNBC (12%) and the New York Times (10%) all rank near the top of the list. CNN is named by just 20% of those with mostly liberal views, but still tops their list, followed by local television (11%) and NPR (9%). Both MSNBC and Fox News are mentioned by 5% of those who are mostly liberal.
Everyone has bias, including the media. Find out which way your news leans, what confirmation bias is, how to spot bias, and get examples of bias.
Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to trust the news in general, as well as to trust most specific outlets. Republicans — and Americans in general — are more likely to classify news sources as liberal than as conservative, though there are exceptions.
Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans connect different outlets with the idea of the mainstream news media. We surveyed 12,045 U.S. adults from March 8 to 14, 2021.