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Wikipedia says it's far-right, but AllSides says an Independent Review, Editorial Reviews from Aug 2020 and Aug 2019, 23,058 ratings from Community Feedback and

Wikipedia says it's far-right, but AllSides says an Independent Review, Editorial Reviews from Aug 2020 and Aug 2019, 23,058 ratings from Community Feedback and Blind Surveys from May 2022 and Aug 2020 showed it was Leans Right (2.5 out of 6), and AllSides has high confidence in this bias rating. Lean Right is a moderately conservative rating on the political spectrum. Info on the media bias rating methods used can be found here https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-rating-methods https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-rating-method...

LatteLazy 3y ago
I mean, far right Vs just right seems like splitting hairs to me. I find it much more worrying it's a hidden religious organization with (maybe justified) political purposes that controls it...
- hammock 3y ago
  Aren't there other major news organizations funded by organizations with (maybe justified) hidden political purposes that controls them? Project Mockingbird (and its modern incarnations) comes to mind. So does Jeff Bezos' ownership of the Washington Post, Elon Musk's control of Twitter, Rupert Murdoch and Fox, etc.
  - LatteLazy 3y ago
    Yeah, and I don't trust those much. But I also think Musk or Bezos are similar, and just self interested but rational. That's not true of niche religious groups. And those are established orgs that have come under control, not orgs built from the ground up to push an agenda...
    - hammock 3y ago
      >those are established orgs that have come under control, not orgs built from the ground up to push an agenda... The Washington Post was literally founded (in 1877) "to advance Democratic Party views." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilson_Hutchins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilson_Hutchins
r721 3y ago
AllSides itself leans right, other similar services say: >Overall, we rate The Epoch Times Right Biased and Questionable based on the publication of pseudoscience and the promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, as well as numerous failed fact checks. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-epoch-times/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-epoch-times/ >Ad Fontes Media rates The Epoch Times in the Hyper-Partisan Right category of bias and as Unreliable, Problematic in terms of reliability. https://adfontesmedia.com/epoch-times-bias-and-reliability/ https://adfontesmedia.com/epoch-times-bias-and-reliability/
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > AllSides itself leans right, other similar services say Yeah, bias ratings have a very big natural quis custodiet ipsos custodes problem even if you assume good faith efforts, and then you have to consider how attractive thing for anyone deliberately trying to sell a particular bias.

LatteLazy 3y ago

I mean, far right Vs just right seems like splitting hairs to me. I find it much more worrying it's a hidden religious organization with (maybe justified) political purposes that controls it...

hammock 3y ago
Aren't there other major news organizations funded by organizations with (maybe justified) hidden political purposes that controls them? Project Mockingbird (and its modern incarnations) comes to mind. So does Jeff Bezos' ownership of the Washington Post, Elon Musk's control of Twitter, Rupert Murdoch and Fox, etc.
- LatteLazy 3y ago
  Yeah, and I don't trust those much. But I also think Musk or Bezos are similar, and just self interested but rational. That's not true of niche religious groups. And those are established orgs that have come under control, not orgs built from the ground up to push an agenda...
  - hammock 3y ago
    >those are established orgs that have come under control, not orgs built from the ground up to push an agenda... The Washington Post was literally founded (in 1877) "to advance Democratic Party views." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilson_Hutchins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilson_Hutchins

r721 3y ago

AllSides itself leans right, other similar services say: >Overall, we rate The Epoch Times Right Biased and Questionable based on the publication of pseudoscience and the promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, as well as numerous failed fact checks. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-epoch-times/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-epoch-times/ >Ad Fontes Media rates The Epoch Times in the Hyper-Partisan Right category of bias and as Unreliable, Problematic in terms of reliability. https://adfontesmedia.com/epoch-times-bias-and-reliability/ https://adfontesmedia.com/epoch-times-bias-and-reliability/

dragonwriter 3y ago
> AllSides itself leans right, other similar services say Yeah, bias ratings have a very big natural quis custodiet ipsos custodes problem even if you assume good faith efforts, and then you have to consider how attractive thing for anyone deliberately trying to sell a particular bias.