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  2. Media Bias/Fact Check - Wikipedia

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    Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) is an American website founded in 2015 by Dave M. Van Zandt. [1] It considers four main categories and multiple subcategories in assessing the "political bias" and "factual reporting" of media outlets, [2][3] relying on a self-described "combination of objective measures and subjective analysis". [4][5]

  3. FactCheck.org - Wikipedia

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    No. Launched. December 2003; 20 years ago (2003-12) FactCheck.org is a nonprofit [1] website that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics by providing original research on misinformation and hoaxes. [2] It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University ...

  4. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    Mainstream media – Mass news media that influence many people; List of satirical news websites; Muckraker – Progressive Era reform-minded investigative journalists; Political biasBias towards a political side in supposedly-objective information; Post-truth politicsPolitical culture where facts are considered irrelevant

  5. List of fact-checking websites - Wikipedia

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    The RMIT ABC Fact Check was focused on political fact-checking. [10] As of the 1st of July 2024 it has ceased operation and will be replaced with ABC News Verify. [31] Both RMIT ABC Fact Check and RMIT FactLab are a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.

  6. PolitiFact - Wikipedia

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    PolitiFact.com is an American nonprofit project operated by the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, with offices there and in Washington, D.C. It began in 2007 as a project of the Tampa Bay Times (then the St. Petersburg Times), with reporters and editors from the newspaper and its affiliated news media partners reporting on the accuracy of statements made by elected officials ...

  7. Media bias in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Claims of media bias in the United States generally focus on the idea of media outlets reporting news in a way that seems partisan. Other claims argue that outlets sometimes sacrifice objectivity in pursuit of growth or profits. Some academics in fields like media studies, journalism, communication, political science and economics have looked ...

  8. Media bias - Wikipedia

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    Media bias occurs when journalists and news producers show bias in how they report and cover news. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening of the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. [1] The direction and degree of media bias in various countries is widely ...

  9. Axios (website) - Wikipedia

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    Axios (website) Axios. (website) Axios (stylized as ΛXIOS) is an American news website based in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 2016 and launched the following year by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz. The site's name is based on the Greek: ἄξιος (áxios), meaning "worthy". [2]