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Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:43 am
by JohnStOnge
I realize there is no way to objectively show that something like this is accurate. It's not like you have a model that says,"The temperature will be in the 62 through 65 F range" then you check the temperature to verify and get 63. All I can say is it looks right to me. The "bias meter" displays correspond to my own perceptions. Look at the images and look at where the yellow dot is. That represents the relative degree of bias. Here are some examples from the site; which is at https://mediabiasfactcheck.com :

BREITBART
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FOX NEWS
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
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WASHINGTON POST
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HUFFINGTON POST
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MSNBC
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After looking at such displays for a while to see if the meters looked to be credible and deciding that they do, I looked for relatively unbiased sources. Here are a some interesting displays:

REUTERS
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USA TODAY
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UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
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I think it's a cool tool.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:46 am
by CID1990
I enjoy Reuters, which is to say I don't "enjoy" Reuters. I utilize Reuters as I would utilize a dictionary or a screwdriver

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:58 am
by 89Hen
JohnStOnge wrote:BREITBART
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HUFFINGTON POST
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Huff Po is easily as far left as Breitbart is far right. Some credibility loss there.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:04 am
by kalm
89Hen wrote:
JohnStOnge wrote:BREITBART
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HUFFINGTON POST
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Huff Po is easily as far left as Breitbart is far right. Some credibility loss there.
Or your perspective bias. :nutkick:

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:07 am
by CID1990
kalm wrote:
89Hen wrote: Huff Po is easily as far left as Breitbart is far right. Some credibility loss there.
Or your perspective bias. :nutkick:
The thing that keeps Huffpo away from the far left is because they do lots of neutral stuff like cute movies about kittens

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:27 am
by 89Hen
CID1990 wrote:
kalm wrote:
Or your perspective bias. :nutkick:
The thing that keeps Huffpo away from the far left is because they do lots of neutral stuff like cute movies about kittens
Kittens are for liberals. Puppies are for conservatives. :king:

http://time.com/8293/its-true-liberals- ... atives-do/

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:36 am
by Ibanez
89Hen wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
The thing that keeps Huffpo away from the far left is because they do lots of neutral stuff like cute movies about kittens
Kittens are for liberals. Puppies are for conservatives. :king:

http://time.com/8293/its-true-liberals- ... atives-do/
:lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

What if you don't care for either? (Green Party?)

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:40 am
by SuperHornet
That's NOT true. I'm about as conservative as it gets, but I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...though I DO like seeing the occasional dog....

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:48 am
by Ibanez
SuperHornet wrote:That's NOT true. I'm about as conservative as it gets, but I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...though I DO like seeing the occasional dog....
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Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:53 am
by 89Hen
Ibanez wrote:
89Hen wrote: Kittens are for liberals. Puppies are for conservatives. :king:

http://time.com/8293/its-true-liberals- ... atives-do/
:lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

What if you don't care for either? (Green Party?)
Communist or Nazi

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:53 am
by 89Hen
SuperHornet wrote:I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...
Not really a surprise there Horney.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:02 am
by ASUG8
Didn't see ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN but I'm guessing they line up a bit closer to Huffpo.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:13 am
by Ibanez
89Hen wrote:
Ibanez wrote: :lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

What if you don't care for either? (Green Party?)
Communist or Nazi
:coffee:

That explains a lot...

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:14 am
by Ibanez
ASUG8 wrote:Didn't see ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN but I'm guessing they line up a bit closer to Huffpo.
Left-Center

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/leftcenter/

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:23 am
by Pwns
Ranking of select left wing sites in order from least biased to most.

Slate (though they are making a push to move up the rankings)
Huff Po
The Guardian
Think Progress
Salon
Raw Story
Occupy Democrats
Common Dreams

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:39 am
by kalm
89Hen wrote:
Ibanez wrote: :lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

What if you don't care for either? (Green Party?)
Communist or Nazi
I have an English Bulldog, a Boxer, and a recently adopted stray cat.

I'm a communazi.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:41 am
by Ivytalk
I call bullshyt on McPaper (USA Today). Its editorial content is solid left-center.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 1:59 pm
by BDKJMU
SuperHornet wrote:That's NOT true. I'm about as conservative as it gets, but I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...though I DO like seeing the occasional dog....
So you're a cat chick. There's lots of conservative cat chicks. No news there.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:06 pm
by 93henfan
BDKJMU wrote:
SuperHornet wrote:That's NOT true. I'm about as conservative as it gets, but I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...though I DO like seeing the occasional dog....
So you're a cat chick. There's lots of conservative cat chicks. No news there.
Some conservative chicks like BBC. I heard Ann Coulter is now dating JJ from Good Times.

Dy-no-MITE!!!

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 5:00 pm
by Col Hogan
SuperHornet wrote:That's NOT true. I'm about as conservative as it gets, but I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...though I DO like seeing the occasional dog....
I love cats too...thinly sliced, sauted in olive oil with some fresh garlic...then on the grill for two minutes each side...

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 6:06 pm
by Jjoey52
We have a cat and dog, love them both.


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Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:56 pm
by Grizalltheway
Col Hogan wrote:
SuperHornet wrote:That's NOT true. I'm about as conservative as it gets, but I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...though I DO like seeing the occasional dog....
I love cats too...thinly sliced, sauted in olive oil with some fresh garlic...then on the grill for two minutes each side...
Interesting, you never looked Chinese in any of the pics I've seen.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 2:24 am
by Vidav
Col Hogan wrote:
SuperHornet wrote:That's NOT true. I'm about as conservative as it gets, but I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...though I DO like seeing the occasional dog....
I love cats too...thinly sliced, sauted in olive oil with some fresh garlic...then on the grill for two minutes each side...
Cat would be rather stringy.

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:58 am
by Ivytalk
Vidav wrote:
Col Hogan wrote:
I love cats too...thinly sliced, sauted in olive oil with some fresh garlic...then on the grill for two minutes each side...
Cat would be rather stringy.
Nice gif, Vidav! :thumb:

Is that Putin swallowing Crimea? :?

Re: Media bias assessment site with bias meter displays

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:37 am
by Gil Dobie
Col Hogan wrote:
SuperHornet wrote:That's NOT true. I'm about as conservative as it gets, but I'm MUCH more a cat guy than a dog guy...though I DO like seeing the occasional dog....
I love cats too...thinly sliced, sauted in olive oil with some fresh garlic...then on the grill for two minutes each side...
Dogs are great for a Korean BBQ and the local Chinese place that makes it taste like chicken.