Colorado Daily 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 Colorado Daily according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: -2.44

Reliability: 45.38

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
Suspect in Boulder stabbing headed to trial in 20210.6744.33
Top 10 local stories of 2020: No. 2 — School districts forced to innovate new learning models for safety amid pandemic0.044.33
Almost all CU Boulder students suspended this year violated campus or local coronavirus mandates-0.6743.67
CU Boulder reports increase in student suspensions, discipline tied to public health orders0.6743.67
Boulder rental market adjusts to COVID realities0.046.67
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to give virtual talk hosted by CU Boulder-1.3349.0
Why COVID-19 has made college application season even more stressful this year0.047.33
Marijuana: A wet blanket over your emotions0.035.0
Boulder County reports 39 new coronavirus cases, two deaths0.047.0
Sex offender accused of looking up child porn on store iPad set for trial0.044.33
Top 10 local stories of 2020: No. 7 — Boulder County approves stricter oil and gas regulations-0.6747.33
Boulder County reports 65 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths, 7 new outbreaks0.049.33
Niwot Ridge recovering from acid rain, CU Boulder study finds-446.67
Top 10 local stories of 2020: No. 6 — Boulder County protests echo national Black Lives Matter movement-9.6743.0
University of Colorado Boulder research team discovers compound that could aid in fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria0.049.0