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Media Bias Chart

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...I’ve been looking for something like this — finally found one ☝️

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Fascinating but a very difficult to read in parts, especially with all those logos crowded in on each other.
A precise definition of what exactly is ‘left' and what is ‘right' could help. It’s no longer a simple distinction.

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It would be interesting to see if this kind of analysis is available elsewhere too.

Good many what I consider “major” news outlets wee recognizable by their logos even before their names, so I think the designer of the chart had that in mind.

I agree there are a number of names I don’t recognize as well.

I mean to visit their interactive website mentioned. There may be clarification of terms there as well?

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Shocking (to me) to see some of the names towards the top, makes me wonder who had a hand in compiling it...

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I’m hoping to use this kind of chart as a guide for which news articles to sample for each topic to get more rounded/balanced views to frame my own. Otherwise I get bogged down just looking for opposing dialogs or by concentrating on what might turn out to be mistaken/irrelevant details.

There’s a wiki page on them —
Ad Fontes Media - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Fontes_Media



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