Boing Boing Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Strong Left

Reliability: Unreliable, Problematic

Overall Score

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

Bias: -16.16

Reliability: 18.36

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
Rest assured, Trump's top priority is The Great Ballroom of People Who Can Afford the Cover Charge-26.339.0
https://boingboing.net/2025/09/23/take-two-tylenol-hope-trump-goes-away-in-the-morning.html-22.6719.67
https://boingboing.net/2025/01/08/vintage-travel-guide-accidentally-becomes-masterpiece-of-tourist-horror-fiction.html0.034.33
Mummified monkeys found in luggage0.040.33
Trump offers Putin Europe, meanwhile, the media is focused on Biden forgetting a name-25.3317.33
Super Bowl Jesus Ad funded by groups fostering "hateful Christian Nationalism"-18.6732.67
This is the CIA's official guide to sabotaging business meetings0.030.67
Climate scientist awarded $1m from right-wing bloggers who defamed him0.041.67
Door from UFO crashed on roof of Philadelphia home (video)0.027.33
Millions of smart toothbrushes used in botnet attack on company0.07.0
Noted neologist Marjorie Taylor Greene ready to deport her colleague-27.3321.67
Texas Gov. Abbott's antics kill three at the border-246.67
Gab's 'Real Donald Trump' is actually a fake Donald Trump-2.3342.0
The new Britney Spears documentary offers a surprising angle for exploring disability rights-441.67
Rep. Ron Wright first member of congress to die from Covid-190.049.33
It took some effort, but I have finally achieved over 35,000 Unread Work Emails. (and 100,000 Personal Ones)0.032.67
No-masker arrested at supermarket can't stop scolding cops who handcuff and arrest her-531.33
Parler wanted Donald Trump, who demanded an ownership stake, which didn't happen-4.3332.33
Capitol riot's "bullhorn lady" taken into custody-333.0
Marjorie Taylor Greene stripped of committee assignments-6.6731.0
Biden on Trump: 'No need for him to have the intelligence briefings'-5.6730.67
Fox News dumps Lou Dobbs in wake of huge lawsuit-7.6744.33
GOP leaders grovel to Trump as impeachment hopes fade-9.6735.67
U.S. military vows to cleanse armed forces of extremists and white supremacists-5.3346.67
Electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic sues Fox News, Rudy Giuliani for $2.7 billion over election-rigging claims-1.6747.67