Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates Scripps News (website) in the Middle category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability. Scripps News (website) is a news company focused on video news and analysis, with the motto, “Delivering news with the why.” It was founded as Newsy in 2008 in Colombia, Missouri, with the goal of providing video journalism for news consumers on mobile devices and online. It also produces a 24-hour live news channel. Newsy was purchased by E.W. Scripps Company in 2014.

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for Scripps News (website) according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 44.23

Bias: -1.39

Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.

The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score.

To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart^®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.

Individual Content Sample Scores

These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source.

Content Sample URL	Bias	Reliability
Here's how to watch the first, and likely only, Walz/Vance vice presidential debate	-1	44.67
Trump, Harris campaigns adjust their plans in the aftermath of Helene	0	43.67
Pete Rose, legendary MLB hitter who was banned for betting, dies at 83	0	43.67
Michigan nuclear plant will restart to deliver new power to rural communities	0	44.33
North Carolina faces long road to recovery after Helene	0	44
Actress Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and 'Downton Abbey,' has died at 89	0	42.33
Truth be Told: Why voting by non-U.S. citizens is not a 'serious problem'	0	43.33
Las Vegas star A'ja Wilson is unanimous choice as WNBA MVP, winning the award for the third time	0	43.33
4 killed, at least 17 wounded in shooting at Birmingham, Alabama nightlife district	-4	43.33
Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera's bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank	-2.67	42.33
President Biden plans to sign new executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence	-10.67	41
Ben & Jerry's unveils new Kamala Harris-inspired ice cream flavor	-3.67	41
JD Vance doubles down on false claims of immigrants eating pets in Springfield	-5.33	33.33
'Shogun,' 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' at top of queue as the Emmys arrive	0	42.67
Weekend progress made against Southern California wildfires	0	44.33
Hispanic Heritage Month puts diversity and culture at the forefront	0	43.33
Wildfires force thousands to evacuate as heat wave scorches Western US	-0.67	45.33
Studies show alarming increase in PTSD among first responders	0	43.33
Forecasters monitoring tropical disturbance that could hit US gulf coast this week	0	44.33
Officer disciplined after Miami Dolphins' Tyreek Hill was detained near stadium	0	42.33
Attack near West Bank-Jordan crossing leaves 3 Israeli guards dead	0	43.33
47 dead, hundreds wounded in Russian missile strike in Ukraine, officials say	-1.33	43.67
How China is using ‘spamouflage’ to influence US voters	0	42.33
Sizzling in September: Southwestern US could reach highs of 119 degrees after a record-hot summer	0	42.33
Viral 'free money hack' at Chase Bank is no hack. It could be a crime	0	46.67