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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] It is widely used, but has been criticised for its methodology. [4]

  3. Media bias in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Claims of media bias 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 at bias of the news ...

  4. Accuracy in Media - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Accuracy in Media ( AIM) is an American non-profit conservative [1] [2] news media watchdog founded in 1969 by economist Reed Irvine . AIM supported the Vietnam War and blamed media bias for the U.S. loss in the war. During the Reagan administration, AIM criticized reporting about the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador.

  5. Fake news websites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    If it failed, it would lose news feed priority as well as have "disputed by 3rd party fact-checkers" as a caption. Facebook is also attempting to reduce their financial incentives in an attempt to decrease the amount of fake news. The fact checking organizations involved are ABC News, Associated Press, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact and Snopes.

  6. Fox News controversies - Wikipedia

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    Polls and surveys. A poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports during September 2004 found that Fox News was seen as second to CBS as the most politically biased network in the public view. 37% of respondents thought CBS, in the wake of the Killian documents controversy, was trying to help elect Senator John Kerry, while 34% of respondents said they believed that Fox News' goal was to "help elect Bush".

  7. FactCheck.org - Wikipedia

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    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 of ...

  8. Journalism ethics and standards - Wikipedia

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    Journalism. Journalistic ethics and standards comprise principles of ethics and good practice applicable to journalists. This subset of media ethics is known as journalism's professional " code of ethics" and the "canons of journalism". [1] The basic codes and canons commonly appear in statements by professional journalism associations and ...

  9. 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 ...