Baltimore Sun Bias and Reliability

Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates Baltimore Sun in the Middle category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability. Baltimore Sun is the largest daily newspaper in Maryland. Founded in 1837, The Sun won a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2020.

Overall Score

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

Reliability: 43.58

Bias: -2.37

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
15 Maryland laws taking effect July 1 that you should know	0.0	42.0
Baltimore County proposal would scrub gender-specific language from county code	-2.33	41.0
Residents confront Baltimore County leaders over safety as officials point to falling crime	-0.67	43.0
Maryland ranks 9th-highest for SNAP payment errors, could face penalties	0.0	45.0
Baltimore squatter’s ‘disco’ bedroom highlights property takeover crisis	2.67	43.33
City Council president says Baltimore’s main streets not in ‘healthy shape’	0.0	43.0
Wes Moore dodges military questions at Port of Baltimore event, zooms away	11.0	29.0
Maryland public safety chief faults agency after inmate death, calls for probe	0.0	45.67
Maryland early voting climbs, driven by competitive races and voter anger analysts say	0.0	44.67
‘People don’t feel safe’: Fells Point businesses sound alarm after teen gatherings	2.0	42.33
New invasive predator is becoming a growing presence in Florida Everglades	0.0	43.67
Gunlocks, crisis teams and mental health training: Carroll County confronts suicide rate above state average	-4.33	44.33
DNA investigators reveal fallen Revolutionary War soldier to be Anne Arundel teen	0.0	45.33
Emotional sendoff at Shock Trauma as wounded Baltimore County officer gets released	0.0	41.67
PFAS ‘toxic forever chemicals’ in Maryland mirrors national pattern	-2.33	42.33
Gov. Wes Moore dodges question on energy bills as state faces sharp increase	0.33	38.0
Armstrong Williams: How Trump changed campaigning, media and the politics of trust | STAFF COMMENTARY	5.0	33.33
5 takeaways from a Trump speech focused on the wrong numbers	-7.67	34.33
Daniels Dam on the Patapsco River heading for removal: ‘The last piece of this puzzle’	0.0	45.0
Barry Manilow to perform at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena in August	0.0	40.0
Hot property: Former home of Baltimore inventor has 10,000-gallon koi pond and artificial stream for $3.88M	0.0	37.33
Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman pushes for modernization during first 100 days in office	-1	43.0
Former youth tennis star, Puerto Rico native leading Loyola Maryland golf as freshmen	0.0	40.67
Baltimore native John A. ‘Buzz’ Chriest, AT&T engineer and historical reenactor, dies	0.0	42.67
Shooting involving family members leaves two dead in Glen Burnie, police say	0.67	42.67