Laconia Daily Sun Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Middle

Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting

Overall Score

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

Bias: 0.38

Reliability: 45.08

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
2 killed, 2 injured in 3-car crash Friday on Gilford bypass0.041.0
Drive hits wrong pedal, sending car crashing into convenience store0.045.67
At 240 years old, Laconia’s oldest house still charms0.045.0
Organizer wants to bring back triathlon0.047.33
COVID in Belknap: 54 new cases, two deaths0.051.33
Splinter Republican reps sign 'termination of the state' document calling Sununu a ‘tyrant’1.6747.0
First vaccine shipment arrives at Speare Memorial Hospital in rural New Hampshire0.048.33
Community forum to discuss tolerance set for Wednesday-1.6740.67
Audit: Staffing shortages lead to mail delivery delays0.6745.67
State Rep. Dawn Johnson issues statement on controversy5.3333.0
It’s official: Sale of LRGH, Franklin assets to Concord Hospital formally approved0.047.33
Judge clears way for Concord Hospital to purchase LRGH0.044.33
These hives are the bee's knees0.045.67
No direct aid to municipalities, state included in pandemic relief0.048.0
Vaccinations prove to be a Christmas present for vets home residents0.043.67
Cold weather heightens shelter needs0.047.33