Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates Al Jazeera (website) in the Middle category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability. Al Jazeera (website) is a news organization funded in part by the government of Qatar. Launched in 1996 as a broadcast station “for the public benefit,” it is now a global network with bureaus in 70 locations around the world. Its television channels are broadcast in several languages, and its websites are published in both Arabic and English.

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for Al Jazeera (website) according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 45.37

Bias: -3.77

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.

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
US blacklists six Chinese entities over spy balloon programme	2.67	44.33
Wagner mercenaries chief admits Russia facing Bakhmut resistance	0	42.67
Florida passes bill backing DeSantis push to relocate migrants	-0.33	43.33
Indigenous tribe sues US over lack of Pine Ridge law enforcement	0	44
FBI finds classified document during search of Mike Pence’s home	0	43.33
Why is US repeal of Iraq war authorisation still relevant?	-0.67	44.33
Japan, Philippines agree to boost defence ties amid China tension	0	43.67
Syria approves aid delivery to rebel-held areas affected by quake	0	44
Displaced families exposed to bitter winter cold in Jandaris	0	46.33
‘Miracle’ baby born in the rubble as her mother died beside her	0	47.33
US says it shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ over Alaska	-3	42
Moldovan gov’t quits amid economic turmoil, tension with Russia	0	45
South Korea’s unions cry ‘red scare’ amid North Korea spy claims	-1.33	45
IAEA reports blasts near Zaporizhzhia plant, Russia rejects claim	0	46.67
Israeli air attacks hit Gaza, escalation fears after Jenin raid	-1	47.33
‘Oldest and most complete’ mummy found in Egypt	0	47.33
Russia: NATO war involvement ‘growing’ with arms to Ukraine	-1.67	47
What does Russia’s military shake-up mean for the war in Ukraine?	0	43
Iran vows to avenge Qassem Soleimani’s killing three years ago	-3.67	47
Israel far-right minister enters Al-Aqsa in ‘provocation’	-1.33	46.33
US House fails to elect new speaker in first rounds of voting	-1.33	47
China blasts ‘unacceptable’ COVID curbs on travellers	-0.67	47
Little prospect of peace as Ukraine war passes 10-month mark	0	45
On the road in San Francisco, riding in a driverless taxi	0	42.67
‘Sense of helplessness’ for Afghan women on Taliban NGO work ban	0	48.67