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- Overall, we rate the American Thinker, Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of conspiracy theories/pseudoscience, use of poor sources, and several failed fact checks.
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Reasoning:
Extreme Right, Conspiracy, Propaganda, Lack of Ownership Transparency
Country:
USA
World Press Freedom Rank:
USA 45/180
American Thinker - Media Bias Fact Check
^^^ & there ya go ^^^
The
Columbia Journalism Review describes Media Bias/Fact Check as an amateur attempt at categorizing media bias and Van Zandt as an "armchair media analyst."
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en.wikipedia.org
On top of that MBFC is just plain dishonest in its criticisms as pointed out in this article entitled:
Media Bias Fact Check: Incompetent or Dishonest?
By James D Agresti April 24, 2017 As Just Facts grows in prominence and reputation, an increasing number of scholars, major organizations, and eminent people have cited and recognized the…
www.justfactsdaily.com
So, please in the future playtime, try and use less bias sources...
uh-huh. you do realize that wiki cannot be used as a reliable source in university research papers because the 'info' contained within can be edited/revised/altered to reflect a biased view & offers 'alternative facts'.
lol - remember sarah palin's tale of paul revere? yaaaaaaaaaaaa............ that ended up in wiki just as she said!
<psssst> so when MBFC reports that MSNBC is liberal, they are wrong?
when they report that the WSJ leans right - - - they are wrong?
lol...
is this wrong?
The following are
American Thinker’s overall bias and reliability scores according to our
Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.
Reliability: 19.64
Bias: 29.74
Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 24 are generally acceptable; scores above 32 are generally good.
Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to + 42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being the most neutral and/or balanced.