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NPR and PBS both are among the most accurate/neutral according to a media study. [1] I honestly worry that we're having a political disparity in truth that's pu

NPR and PBS both are among the most accurate/neutral according to a media study. [1] I honestly worry that we're having a political disparity in truth that's pushing a choice between politically neutral and factually accurate. [1]: https://adfontesmedia.com/static-mbc/ https://adfontesmedia.com/static-mbc/

throwaway894345 5y ago
It's not hard to be "most accurate/neutral" when comparing against every batshit blog and podcast, which is what your source does. In fact, NPR and PBS are clustered among the mainstream news sources, which only supports my "NPR is in the swamp with everyone else" claim. That said, I don't put much stock in JPGs that look like something a high schooler put together with PowerPoint 20 years ago.
- DoctorOW 5y ago
  There's an interactive version on that same website if the image isn't engaging enough for you.
eric_b 5y ago
I mean... you can put anything you want on the internet. I looked up their "methodology" and it's sort of just whatever they think a source/article is. Not really rigorous. And anyways, they put the WashPo right of NYT? That hasn't been true since ol Jeff B took over.
- throwaway894345 5y ago
  Maybe WashPo's fondness for "austere religious scholars" was counted as 'conservative points'?
- unethical_ban 5y ago
  There are surely more venter right opinion columnists in the Post than the Times.
metabagel 5y ago
Since some are complaining about the Ad Fontes methodology, here it is: "Ad Fontes administers an internal political bias test to analysts, asking them to rank their left-to-right position on about 20 policy positions. That information allows the company to attempt to create ideological balance by including one centrist, one left-leaning and one right-leaning analyst on each review panel. The panels review at least three articles for each source, but they may review as many as 30 for particularly prominent outlets, like The Washington Post, Otero said. More on their methodology, including how they choose which articles to review to create a bias rating, can be found here on the Ad Fontes website." From Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/media-literacy/2021/should-you-trust-media-bias-charts/ https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/media-literacy/2021/sh... And here are a couple of links to their methodology: https://adfontesmedia.com/white-paper-multi-analyst-ratings-project-august-2019/ https://adfontesmedia.com/white-paper-multi-analyst-ratings-... https://adfontesmedia.com/how-ad-fontes-ranks-news-sources/ https://adfontesmedia.com/how-ad-fontes-ranks-news-sources/
- DoctorOW 5y ago
  Yeah it's not perfect but any means but I felt it was good enough to prove my point.

throwaway894345 5y ago

It's not hard to be "most accurate/neutral" when comparing against every batshit blog and podcast, which is what your source does. In fact, NPR and PBS are clustered among the mainstream news sources, which only supports my "NPR is in the swamp with everyone else" claim. That said, I don't put much stock in JPGs that look like something a high schooler put together with PowerPoint 20 years ago.

DoctorOW 5y ago
There's an interactive version on that same website if the image isn't engaging enough for you.

eric_b 5y ago

I mean... you can put anything you want on the internet. I looked up their "methodology" and it's sort of just whatever they think a source/article is. Not really rigorous. And anyways, they put the WashPo right of NYT? That hasn't been true since ol Jeff B took over.

throwaway894345 5y ago
Maybe WashPo's fondness for "austere religious scholars" was counted as 'conservative points'?
unethical_ban 5y ago
There are surely more venter right opinion columnists in the Post than the Times.

metabagel 5y ago

Since some are complaining about the Ad Fontes methodology, here it is: "Ad Fontes administers an internal political bias test to analysts, asking them to rank their left-to-right position on about 20 policy positions. That information allows the company to attempt to create ideological balance by including one centrist, one left-leaning and one right-leaning analyst on each review panel. The panels review at least three articles for each source, but they may review as many as 30 for particularly prominent outlets, like The Washington Post, Otero said. More on their methodology, including how they choose which articles to review to create a bias rating, can be found here on the Ad Fontes website." From Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/media-literacy/2021/should-you-trust-media-bias-charts/ https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/media-literacy/2021/sh... And here are a couple of links to their methodology: https://adfontesmedia.com/white-paper-multi-analyst-ratings-project-august-2019/ https://adfontesmedia.com/white-paper-multi-analyst-ratings-... https://adfontesmedia.com/how-ad-fontes-ranks-news-sources/ https://adfontesmedia.com/how-ad-fontes-ranks-news-sources/

DoctorOW 5y ago
Yeah it's not perfect but any means but I felt it was good enough to prove my point.