The American Prospect Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Strong Left

Reliability: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues

Overall Score

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

Bias: -16.26

Reliability: 33.05

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
ICE Murders Continue-2024.33
The Shutdown’s End as a Republican Victory? No Way.-19.3325.0
The Great Medicare Advantage Marketing Scam0.046.33
The Ambulance Chasers of Totaled Hospitals-6.3350.33
Trump’s Economy: Brute Force and Favor-Trading-14.3333.33
What Really Went Down at the Teamsters-1525.33
The New Kamala-12.6733.0
What Really Happened on October 7?-13.3336.0
To His Coy Fellow Democrats-22.3322.0
The Republican Party Is Coming for Birth Control-21.3325.0
Republican Court Rulings Keep Helping Republicans Win Elections-1636.67
Quackonomics-152.67
Biden’s Nakba-21.1722.0
American Steel’s Succession0.046.67
Silicon Valley Congressman Fundraising With Whiny Venture Capitalist-20.3329.33
The Fake ‘Left-Wing Attack on Science’-1635.33
Lawsuit: Defense Contractor Fired Whistleblower for Reporting Accounting Irregularities0.046.67
The Problem Lender of Second-to-Last Resort0.038.33
The Occupation Is Eating Israeli Democracy-1433.33
The Double Standard for Keeping Capital and Labor Honest-1234.67
Corporations Dominate Trade Advisory Panels-11.3342.33
The Grotesque, Wonderful Respect for Marriage Act-13.6736.0
Undone by Crazy Uncles-26.3321.0
In the Wake of ‘Dobbs,’ Biden Leans on Familiar Excuses for Inaction-2431.0
On Infrastructure, a Bad Deal Is Worse Than No Deal at All-1835.33