The Bulwark Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Middle

Reliability: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for The Bulwark according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: -4.60

Reliability: 34.20

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.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 36 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-36 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and/or analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between content pieces.

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 the bias score of a piece of content, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting 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 source’s overall bias score.

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 source’s overall reliability score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the horizontal axis of the Media Bias Chart®️, 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, selective/incomplete, misleading, and inaccurate/fabricated information.

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
Why Democrats Should Shun Hasan Piker1.036.67
How Far Will Trump Go to Install His Unqualified Cabinet?-11.3335.33
The Guardrails Are Already Crumpling11.3326.0
Trump Is Haunted by Abortion—He Should Be5.3332.67
Trump Supporters’ Weak Case Against Kicking Him Off the Ballot-8.6733.0
Congress Is Still Writing 2023 on Its Checks-13.6732.33
Emmett Till’s Murder: The Importance of Seeing and Remembering-8.3337.67
Jim Jordan Takes His Clown Show on the Road-9.3333.67
Biden in Ireland: Ancestry and Empathy-3.6735.0
Germany Is Still Adjusting to the New European Reality7.3337.0
Helping Ukraine Can Deter China-0.3339.0
Was It Really All Just Trump’s Fault?8.6737.33
Trump’s Investigation Miscalculation-829.33
The Distinct Shame of Senate Republicans-11.3332.33
The John Fetterman - Mandela Barnes 2022 Experiments-834.67
What Do We Know About the Ukrainians Being Forcibly Deported to Russia?-0.6749.33
How Biden Can Flip the Script on Immigration-7.534.17
Ted Cruz and the Politics of Groveling-0.6732.67
Why DeSantis Will Blink5.033.0
Trump's Electoral Forgery/Fraud6.036.67
Trump Previews the GOP’s Future-922.33
The Doom Loop Of "Relevance"2.6731.67
Dispatch from the Republican Meme Wars-0.6736.0
Why Is the Virginia Governor’s Race So Close?-338.67
A Decade After Borders Shut Down, Here’s What’s in Its Former Locations0.039.67