Hawaii News Now 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 Hawaii News Now according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: -0.11

Reliability: 45.96

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
First Alert Forecast: Thunderstorms swamping parts of the state, drier conditions expected over the weekend0.043.0
Hawaii on track to become first state in the country to be fully fiber enabled0.042.67
Homeless sweep to shut down West Oahu beach park for a week0.043.33
Hawaii celebrates National Bookmobile Day with gratitude for Oahu nonprofit0.043.33
At least 36 people confirmed dead in devastating wildfires: Maui County0.048.33
FBI reports Hawaii elderly lost more than $5M to fraud schemes in 20200.045.67
READ: Criminal complaint reveals extensive details into Sykap shooting0.046.33
UH offers free online mental health services for residents across the state-145.0
Hawaii bankruptcies drop as economy recovers from slowdown0.043.67
Report: 38 COVID cases linked to cluster at Oahu fast food eatery-1.6750.0
Police arrest 6 illegal campers at Kauai park after they refuse to leave0.044.33
Hawaii arrivals were way up in April, but still far shy of pre-pandemic levels0.046.67
Officials say ‘end of the pandemic’ is near, but health experts urge vigilance0.047.0
Hawaii reaches a milestone: Half of the state has now been vaccinated0.048.0
Hawaii Island police identify victim killed in Kona shooting0.046.33
In ‘heartbreaking’ decision, Hawaiian Airlines ends its ‘Ohana service0.046.67
Man cited for illegally picking hundreds of opihi from Pupukea conservation district0.046.67
For upcoming space mission, Elon Musk eyes waters off Hawaii to land rocket0.047.0
Governor keeps Hawaii’s mask mandate in place despite new CDC guidance for vaccinated people-147.33
Legislature slashes operating funds to UH by 10% over next 2 years0.041.33
Demolition of Aloha Stadium now slated for late 20220.6746.67
Police search for suspect who allegedly attacked UH Manoa students on campus0.046.0
With HART facing $3.6B deficit, Blangiardi says rail will likely not make it to Ala Moana0.6747.33
Gov. Ige authorizes vaccine passport program for inter-island travelers-1.3347.33
Signs of economic relief abound as vaccination rates, visitor counts steadily rise0.046.0