Overall Score

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

Reliability: 27.41

Bias: -3.83

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
(Newsweek) 'Trump Guitars' Hit With Cease and Desist Letter	-2.33	41.33
MSN	-4.33	38.33
Republicans Celebrate by Admitting They Can't Wait for Project 2025	-12.33	29.33
MSN	8.67	19.33
(Reuters) Former US president Jimmy Carter celebrates 100th birthday	0	44
(MarketWatch) Trump’s ‘DJT’ stock adds to gains to turn in strong performance for the past week	0	43
(Invezz) Trump’s tariff proposals could trigger economic downturn: analysts predict higher inflation and job losses	-15.67	33.33
(Business Insider) She was still in college when she started applying for the housing lottery. Now, she pays $1,600 for a 1-bedroom apartment in NYC.	0	44.33
(ABC News) Walz-Vance debate updates: VP candidates tangle on abortion, immigration and Jan. 6	2.67	41.67
(The Independent) Biden insiders say president is feeling ‘left behind’ – and was hurt by Harris distancing herself from him in debate	-1.33	42
(Newsweek) Kamala Harris Faces Potential Supreme Court Justice Battle	-1	42.67
(USA Today) Iran fires 200 missiles at Israel in major attack	0	44.67
(Reuters) North Carolina searches for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene	0	45
(The Independent) Donald Trump can start selling his nearly $2billion worth of shares in his media company. But will he?	-0.67	43
(ABC News) Facing a $2 billion decision, Trump says he will keep his Truth Social shares	-0.67	45
(Business Insider) Disney is ditching Slack after hackers gained access, and some employees aren't happy. Read the CFO's memo.	0	45.33
(Markets Insider) Truth Social's biggest investors can now dump their stock — and trigger a fire sale	-4.33	40.67
(GOBanking Rates) These 6 Proposals From Kamala Harris Could Help Middle-Class Earners Most	-7.33	38
(Moneywise) ‘Inflation is just like alcoholism’: Milton Friedman famously warned that ‘bad effects only come later’ when you print too much money — 3 ways to hedge against them	0	43.67
(ABC News) Trump suggests if he loses election, Jewish voters would 'have a lot to do with that'	0	42.67
(CNN) Why a scandal consuming a Trump protégé could harm the ex-president in North Carolina	-2	43
(The Washington Post) Major Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strike, militant group says	0	44.67
(Daily Beast) Iconic Band Is Latest to Tell Trump: Stop Playing Our Music	-1	42.67
(Business Insider) Putin will visit Mongolia — a country that's supposed to arrest him when he lands. But it probably won't, an expert says.	0	42
(Fox News) JD Vance booed during firefighters union speech in which he asked members what have Democrats 'gotten you'?	3.33	42