The Independent Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Skews Left

Reliability: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues

Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates The Independent in the Skews Left category of bias and as Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues in terms of reliability. The Independent is a British online newspaper based in London. The print edition was founded in 1986 and ended publication in 2016.

Overall Score

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

Reliability: 38.46

Bias: -6.92

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
Arkansas dad faces murder charge for ‘fatally shooting man found with his missing child’ 0 40
Two girls were murdered in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017. The man accused of killing them is now on trial 0 47.67
Texas man apologizes to victims and breaks into song as he is executed for 1989 murder of twin teenage girls 0 42.67
Vance to visit southern border as Republicans key on immigration issues -10 40
Dad recalls devastating moment his daughter slipped 200 feet to her death while hiking Yosemite’s Half Dome 0 42.67
JD Vance angers childfree women after calling Kamala Harris a ‘childless cat lady’ -12.67 34.67
Prince Harry blames phone-hacking by tabloids for his rift with royal family 0 40.67
Israeli prime minister Netanyahu addresses Congress as scores of Democrats boycott -5.33 42.33
Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir -10.67 29.33
Kevin Spacey says he was ‘too handsy’ and breaks down in tears as he says his Baltimore home is in foreclosure 0 43
Donald Trump calls wife Melania ‘Mercedes’ during live CPAC speech -8 12.33
Trump found one issue Republicans won’t just go along with him on: TikTok -7.67 40.33
Hollywood Reporter mocks Musk for his ‘secret source’ document -5 35.33
Putin reveals who he wants to be the next US president 1 32.33
Will Donald Trump go to prison? -2.33 42
Millions of hacked toothbrushes could be used in cyber attack, researchers warn 0 20
Mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases could invade 75% of America, warns US government 0 47.67
Is Biden’s $6bn Iran deal really behind Hamas attacks – or is GOP exploiting tragedy for partisan purposes? -13.67 30.67
San Francisco police open fire as car crashes into Chinese consulate 0 43.67
Jack Smith seeks jury protections after Trump’s Truth Social outbursts -3 39
Scooter Braun controversy: Why are major clients including Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato parting ways? 0 40
UNC Carolina shooter - updates: ‘Active shooting’ situation at Chapel Hill campus with reports of one wounded 0 43.67
Oliver Anthony: Conservatives turn on Rich Men North of Richmond singer after his real accent is revealed in interview -8.67 38.33
Scooter Braun exodus: All the stars who have reportedly parted ways with the manager 0 41
Charlize Theron says she will ‘never again’ gain weight for a film role 0 41

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