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Ad Fontes Media, Inc. is a Colorado -based, media watchdog, public benefit corporation [1] primarily known for its Media Bias Chart, which rates media sources in terms of political bias and reliability. The organization was founded in 2018 by patent attorney Vanessa Otero with the goal of combating political polarization and media bias.
A study published in Scientific Reports wrote: "While [Media Bias/Fact Check's] credibility is sometimes questioned, it has been regarded as accurate enough to be used as ground-truth for e.g. media bias classifiers, fake news studies, and automatic fact-checking systems." See also. Ad Fontes Media; AllSides; References
There is consensus that Ad Fontes Media and their Media Bias Chart should not be used in article space in reference to sources' political leaning or reliability. Editors consider it a self-published source and have questioned its methodology. 1 Advameg 2019 2019 2019 +14. 2019
"Media Bias Ratings" of news publications are sourced from Ad Fontes Media, AllSides, and Media Bias/Fact Check. Publications can be given ratings ranging from "Far Left" to "Center" to "Far Right." The "Average Bias Rating" is meant to reflect an average of the three ratings, and can be edited by users subscribed to the "Pro" tier.
We compared the Media Bias/Fact Check list with a list of 115 sources from a recent paper from the Berkman Center at Harvard and found a 0.77 Pearson correlation with p < 2.2∗10−16 when comparing bias ratings for all 87 sources that the lists had in common. We also correlated the list from Media Bias/Fact Check with 105 sources listed in ...
Ad Fontes Media and AllSides have assessed ideological biases of online sources to produce media bias charts, and presents similar stories from different perspectives. [242] [243] Accuracy in Media and Media Research Center have a conservative bent while Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) and Media Matters for America work from a ...
Sharyl Attkisson (born 1961) is an American journalist and television correspondent. [1] [2] She hosts the Sinclair Broadcast Group TV show Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. [3] Attkisson is a five-time Emmy Award winner, and a Radio Television Digital News Association (RTNDA) Edward R. Murrow Award recipient.
Source credibility is "a term commonly used to imply a communicator's positive characteristics that affect the receiver's acceptance of a message." Academic studies of this topic began in the 20th century and were given a special emphasis during World War II, when the US government sought to use propaganda to influence public opinion in support of the war effort.