The Ad Fontes Media analyst team has now fully rated more than 78,000 individual articles from websites across the political spectrum. They spend dozens of hours each week reading these articles and analyzing them for their bias and reliability.

Each piece of content is rated by at least three trained analysts — one analyst is right leaning politically, one is left leaning, and one is center. We believe it’s important to have analysts representing various political opinions in order to mitigate our own biases as a company when we rate news and news-like content.

Do these analysts agree on politics? Definitely not, and that’s a good thing, we believe. Do they always agree on the reliability or bias of a particular piece of content? Again, no. But by working together in shifts, they are able to share their thoughts on factors related to bias and reliability, and they strive to reach a general consensus on the scores the article receives. If they can’t come to an agreement, then a second pod of analysts takes a look at the same article.

Want to know what factors they consider when determining an article’s bias and reliability? You can read about our methodology here.

All of these individual article scores are entered into our database, and a weighted average of these determines where an individual source falls on the Media Bias Chart®. This important work has resulted in more than 2,600 web/print sources being fully rated, with new sources added every week.

Of the 2,600 web/print sources our team has rated, only 144 of them are featured on July’s Static Media Bias Chart® because it’s impossible to put all of them in a single image (the logos would overlap and appear on top of one another, and the result would be an image that is impossible to read). A list of the 144 sources included this month is available on our website. 

Ten sources make their debut on this month’s chart:

• American Patriot Daily News Network
• Filter Magazine
• Mid Hudson News
• NBC Sports
• Orlando Sentinel
• RealClearWorld
• Streets Blog
• The Ohio Press Network
• Vision Times
• ZNetwork

If your favorite news sources weren’t included on this month’s chart, you can search for them by using the Interactive Media Bias Chart® on the website or on the mobile app available for iPhone or Android. It’s free, but there are limits in terms of how many searches you can conduct per day and/or how much source data you can access. To get expanded access, you’ll need a News Nerd subscription. And to access ALL of it, you’ll need a News Nerd Pro subscription. Check out our subscription options here.

Did someone share an online article with you, and you want to know if it’s legit? You can request that our team rate a particular article by submitting a link via our website.

Check back later this month for monthly charts that focus on podcast/audio and TV/video sources. And if you want to stay informed on all of our work, join our free email list!