Media Bias/Fact Check

      The website Media Bias/Fact Check (https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/) claims to be the most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet. With over 2200+ media sources currently listed in its database, it can help weed out the Fake News sources. Use the name or URL to search and check the bias of any source. 

      Founded in 2015 as an independent online media outlet, it is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices.  It's aim is to inspire action and a rejection of overtly biased media and to return to an era of straight forward news reporting. 
Funded solely from site advertising, individual donors, and the pockets of its bias checkers, its collective of volunteers follow a strict methodology for determining the biases of sources. 

In its work Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) also provides occasional fact checks, original articles on media bias and breaking/important news stories, especially as it relates to USA politics.

      Unfortunately, when determining bias, no true scientific formula is 100% objective.  Whereas some objective measures can be calculated, some degree of subjective judgement is always present. 

      On each page MBFC has put up a scale with a yellow dot that shows the degree of bias for each source.  Each page also has a “Notes” section that gives some details about the source and an explanation of their bias.  When calculating bias MBFC is not just looking at political bias, but also 

• how factual the information is and 
• if they provide links to credible, verifiable sources. 

Each page encourages readers to vote on the bias of the source, thereby providing additional information to decide how trustworthy the source might be. This technique is similar to how movie sites such as IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes rate their movies.  
This voting poll also allows MBFC News to calibrate its rating methodology. When large discrepancy happen, MBFC says its team re-examines that source and after a thorough review adjusts its rating.