Ms. Magazine 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 Ms. Magazine according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 37.77

Bias: -14.23

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
Democratic Party Platform Centers Women’s Rights	-14.33	36
When Every Miscarriage Is a Murder Scene, Poor Women Pay the Highest Price	-17	32.67
The Fight to End Legacy Admissions Must Account for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion	-12.33	34.33
Marco Flores Deserves to Stay in the U.S.: A Feminist Argument Against Deportation	-11.33	38.33
‘Idionut’: A Useful New Word for Our Times	-22.33	26.33
How to Have Effective Conversations About Abortion at Family Gatherings	-17.33	29.67
There’s Been a Major Increase in Abortion Pill Access—Thanks to COVID-19 and Dobbs	-8	41.67
The Hyde Amendment Continues to Be a Barrier for Accessing Abortion Care	-17.67	38
Argentina Legalized Abortion Until 14 Weeks—and We Have Feminist Organizers to Thank	-18.33	43.67
These States are Trying to Take Away Trans Rights in 2021	-16	44
Day One in Office: What We Can Expect From First Lady Dr. Jill Biden	-8	43
Kamala Harris and the Feminist Future of America	-10.67	39.33
Democracy or Trump? Republicans Face a Career-Defining Vote	-14.33	44.33
Here’s What Women Workers Won This Election (Aside From a Glass-Ceiling Smashing Veep!)	-15	36
We Can’t Fix Systemic Injustice Without Addressing the Nuclear Threat	-18.33	26
Don’t Reopen the Economy Until It Is Safe To Reopen Schools	-8.33	42.67
Weekend Reading on Representation: “Make Caregiving a Presidential Priority,” Says Melinda Gates	-9	35.67
Georgia Sen. David Perdue Privately Pushed for a Tax Break for Rich Sports Teamowners	-7.67	42.33
State Policy Trends 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights in a Year Like No Other	-10.33	46
Argentina’s Lower Chamber Legalizes Abortion Up to 14 Weeks	-11.33	43.67
Working Families Facing Hunger Need Relief, Not More Red Tape	-10	34.67
The Pink Tax That’s Costing Women Billions of Dollars a Year—and What We Can Do About It	-4.67	40.67
Flying Home, Staying Put and the Power of Kindness	-2	31.67
Citizen Science: First Women to Overwinter in the Arctic Return for Second Time	-5.33	42.67
“The Myth of Self-Sufficiency”: Why Does It Take a Crisis To Create Systems of Collective Care?	-18.33	33