HuffPost Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Skews Left

Reliability: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues

Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates HuffPost in the Skews Left category of bias and as Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues in terms of reliability. HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post) is a news website based in New York City. Founded in 2005 by Ariana Huffington, Andrew Breitbart and others, HuffPost was owned by Verizon Media, a division of Verizon Communications. In November 2020, it was announced that Verizon Media had sold HuffPost to BuzzFeed. In 2012 the website won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.

Overall Score

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

Reliability: 37.80

Bias: -10.75

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
Group That Says Tariffs Are Taxes Touts Tariff-Pushing JD Vance Taking Its No-Tax Pledge -2.67 40
Donald Trump Can’t Help But Bring Up One Of His Biggest Weaknesses -9 40.33
Joe Biden Calls Out Marco Rubio For Calling Jobs Numbers 'Fake' -2.33 41
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says ‘They Can Control The Weather,’ Promoting Conspiracy About Hurricane Helene -13.33 35.33
Michael Moore Warns 'Move To The Center' Could Cost Harris The Presidency -18 34
Dave Grohl Announces He's Fathered A Child Outside Of His Marriage 0 41.67
Chester Bennington’s Son Blasts Linkin Park For Replacing His Late Dad With New Singer 0 42.33
Once Again, Beyoncé Says 'You Are The Visual, Baby' 0 42.33
Chappell Roan Shares 2 Disturbing Incidents That Made Her Call Out 'Creepy' Fan Behavior 0 42.33
Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty To Avoid Trial In Tax Case -6 43.67
Kamala Harris Has Snappy Answer To CNN's Trump-Inspired Question -14.67 28
Republican Adam Kinzinger Addresses DNC: 'I'm Putting Our Country First' -4.33 43
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is 'Suspending' Presidential Campaign -6 43
These 8 Republicans Took The Stage At The DNC To Warn America About Trump -15 40
RFK Jr. Withdraws From Arizona Ballot As Questions Swirl Around A Possible Alliance With Trump -5.67 43.67
Kamala Harris' DNC Speech Made Her Case Against Trump -10.33 38.67
Elon Musk's Trans Daughter Brutally Hits Back After He Said She Was 'Dead' -9.67 35.67
New 2024 Race Kicks Off With Racial And Gender Attacks Against Kamala Harris -17.33 37
Immigration Upswing Set To Cut Budget Deficit By $900 Billion Over 10 Years: Report -8.67 36.33
Federal Minimum Wage Goes 15 Years Without An Increase -8 39.67
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested At Capitol As Netanyahu Arrives In Washington -9.33 41.33
Democrats Are Boycotting Netanyahu’s Address To Congress -7.67 42
I Was A Creative Force Behind One Of The Biggest Rock Bands Of The '90s. Then I Watched Them Erase Me From Their Story. 0 43.33
Jonathan Groff Thanks Family For Supporting 'Passions Without Judgement' In Moving Tonys Speech -3 38.67
Tim Scott Sidesteps Gun Control Question With 2 Go-To GOP Talking Points -9.33 37

 

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