The Intercept Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Strong Left

Reliability: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues

Overall Score

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

Bias: -14.03

Reliability: 37.37

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
Pam Bondi Admits DOJ Has a Secret Domestic Terrorist List-1536.0
Tucker Carlson Outdid the Mainstream Media — But Still Missed This Crucial Point-14.6733.67
How the New York Times Distorts the Antisemitism Debate on College Campuses-833.67
NYU Demands Law Students Renounce Protests or Be Barred From Sitting Final Exams-3.3342.67
The Case Against Mahmoud Khalil Hinges on Vague “Antisemitism” Claim-15.3332.33
Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing-15.3351.67
The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé-9.3342.33
Columbia Law Review Remains Offline After Students Reject Disclaimer Undermining Palestine Article-15.6747.33
600,000 Palestinian Kids in Rafah Can’t “Evacuate” Safely, UNICEF Official Says-1439.0
Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians-2422.33
Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”-2.6740.67
NBC Rejects Trump Voice but Embraces War Party-20.6733.0
CNN Runs Gaza Coverage Past Jerusalem Team Operating Under Shadow of IDF Censor0.039.33
CNN and the IDF Censor-7.3339.33
This Is Not a War Against Hamas-25.3313.67
Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas to Bombing It-11.3337.0
Vulnerabilities in Cellphone Roaming Let Spies and Criminals Track You Across the Globe0.045.0
Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan-248.33
AI Tries (and Fails) to Detect Weapons in Schools-7.3352.0
Christopher Miller, Trump’s Defense Secretary, Fights for Reputation-1243.33
The U.S. Is Unhappy That Mexico Is Spending Money on Its Own Citizens-837.33
Obituaries for Nuremberg Prosecutor Erase His Beliefs About the U.S.-6.6737.67
Elon Musk Wants to Cut Your Social Security Because He Doesn’t Understand Math-20.3332.33
Behind Keith Ellison’s Tough-on-Crime Turn-1340.67
Hundreds Turn Out to Denounce Texas Republicans’ “Vigilante Death Squads Policy”-7.3338.0