Overall Score

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

Reliability: 10.19

Bias: 29.71

Louder With Crowder is a podcast hosted by conservative political commentator and comedian Steven Crowder. The show focused on news, entertainment and politics, and is branded as “the most politically incorrect show on the web.” The show ended in January 2023. Crowder was a contributor on Fox News from 2009 to 2013; in 2017 “Louder with Crowder” debuted on CRTV until December 2022. He has posted political commentary on his YouTube channel since 2009, although the account has been suspended occasionally for violating YouTube policies.

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.