InfoWars Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Hyper-Partisan Right

Reliability: Unreliable, Misleading

Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates InfoWars in the Hyper-Partisan Right category of bias and as Unreliable, Misleading in terms of reliability. InfoWars is a website owned by Alex Jones, a far-right political commentator and conspiracy theorist. Jones also hosts The Alex Jones Show on radio from Austin, Texas. Founded in 1999, InfoWars has been accused of promoting false information and has been banned from several social media sites. Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, declared bankruptcy in July 2022.

Overall Score

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

Reliability: 15.90

Bias: 23.46

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
https://www.infowars.com/posts/australia-passes-social-media-ban-for-kids-under-16-sparking-online-surveillance-concerns 14 21.33
https://www.infowars.com/posts/trump-says-democrats-may-be-prosecuted-if-he-wins-very-possible-its-gonna-have-to-happen-to-them/ 28.67 13
Infowars Article 19 28.33
Pandemic PTSD: Portland Woman Wears Space Helmet To Protect From COVID in 2023 17 22
Little Girl Refuses Joe Biden’s Invitation to See Inside the White House 21.67 16.67
Tucker Carlson Called Fox News Executive C-Word And Was Proud Of It 19.67 23.67
“Vice News Tonight” Canceled As Media Downturn Accelerates 20.33 23.33
Montana Legislature Votes To Remove Trans Lawmaker From House Floor For Rest Of 2023 16 22
#CrookedJoe: Trump Retires ‘Crooked’ Hillary Nickname, Bestows On Biden 17.67 34.33
Study Finds “No Evidence” Face Masks Protect Vulnerable Against COVID 14 22
ANOTHER Massive Group of Illegals Slams El Paso 15.33 26.67
Massive Explosion, Fire Kills 18,000 Cows At Texas Dairy Farm 16.5 24.17
France to disperse migrants from Paris to countryside ahead of Rugby World Cup and 2024 Summer Olympics 19.33 15.33
Transgender Shooter’s Manifesto Still Not Made Public 19.33 14.33
RFK Jr: ‘The Neocon Projects’ in Iraq and Ukraine Have ‘Made a Laughingstock of U.S. Military Power and Moral Authority’ 17.67 8
Twitter Labels NPR “State Affiliated Media”; Elon Musk Says “Seems Accurate” 16 23.33
Carlson On Trump Case: “This Is The Boldest Election Interference Ever Attempted” 20 22
‘It’s Been A Good Day’: Deep State Swamp Creature Jim Comey Celebrates Trump Indictment 26.67 14
Georgia Guidestones Demolished For “Safety Reasons” 24.33 14
Bye Bye Psaki: White House Press Secretary Replaced By Karine Jean-Pierre 13.33 31.67
The American Journal 38 3.67
White House Correspondent: Biden Doesn’t Know He Has A Press Conference Today 23 17
WHO Absolves China of Blame For COVID After Visiting Virus Lab For Just 3 Hours 21 29
Breaking: One America News Offers Lou Dobbs Job After Fox News Fired Him Following $2.7 BN Smartmatic Lawsuit 19.33 37.33
London Mayor Appoints Woke Activist Brigade To ‘Review’ Statues For ‘Diversity’ 25 27

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