Pop Smoke Media 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 Pop Smoke Media according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: 1.90

Reliability: 42.91

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
Fort Hood Soldier Sues Army Over Assault-144.33
Hero taxi driver locks door on suicide bomber, survives blast1.3343.33
Taliban hold military parade showcasing seized US equipment1.3344.67
Bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease found at Fort Sam Houston barracks, JBSA says0.041.33
Chinese 'military' planes reportedly seen at Bagram0.6735.67
"Safe gas" to be released in NYC for terror study0.046.0
$825 million in grants coming to Community Mental Health Centers0.044.33
1,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized at Highway 111 Checkpoint0.043.33
Vaccine protest in Melbourne takes a violent turn0.6744.33
Military training in Guinea halts due to overnight coup0.045.67
A Marine born in Afghanistan shares his thoughts2.3342.67
Refugees at Ft McCoy arrested for unrelated assaults, one involving minors0.043.67
Four Ft. Polk soldiers arrested for drive-by shooting0.040.67
RECAP: Senate hearing on the Afghanistan evacuation0.043.67
The Real Amazons: Warrior women of Scythia0.042.0
ATF: Biden withdraws nomination of David Chipman1.3342.33
Senator calls Pentagon Brass "the three that broke the military"7.6741.67
Marine: Interpreters in Afghanistan are "sitting ducks"2.6742.67