Daily Herald-Chicago 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 Daily Herald-Chicago according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: -0.18

Reliability: 45.82

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
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251217/news/plane-crash-reported-at-dupage-airport/0.042.0
France's Sarkozy faces jail term in campaign financing trial0.047.0
Palestinians, settlers clash in tense Jerusalem neighborhood1.6744.67
Ready or not, Illinois is reopening on Friday0.045.33
State cuts social distancing guidance for schools from 6 to 3 feet0.043.0
Illinois after one full year of the pandemic: 20,863 dead and 1,204,409 infected0.045.0
How Good Shepherd treats breast cancer with just one dose of radiation-0.3343.0
How COVID-19 affected suburbs' minority communities-4.1743.5
Despite less testing, new COVID-19 cases continue to rise-0.3342.33
From pianos to pot, Rosemont entertainment district site will become dispensary0.046.67
Carpentersville man faces guns, explosives charges0.046.33
South Elgin shelter could win $25,000 with your help-147.33
Already on leave, Rosemont top cop Stephens III resigns0.047.33
Hoffman Estates hiring River Forest official as town's new village manager0.049.0
Naperville council rejects mask mandate, passes resolution encouraging face coverings1.047.0
Teen employee starts initiative to save beloved Palatine ice cream shop0.045.67
Palatine's Dave Seiffert remembered for community spirit, love of local sports0.048.33
Pritzker: Illinois' first COVID-19 vaccine allotment will stretch further than expected0.051.33