MSN.com Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Middle

Reliability: Mixed Reliability/Opinion OR Other Issues

Overall Score

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

Reliability: 29.13

Bias: -4.15

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
MSN -1.33 32.67
MSN 0 45.67
MSN 0 45.33
MSN -11.33 41.33
MSN -3 42.33
MSN -18 28
A look at Earth in 2050 if climate change isn't stopped -11 29
California fertility doctor convicted of murdering wife he claimed had fallen down stairs 0 43.67
A new COVID variant is spreading fast in the US. These are its most common symptoms -2.67 43
A Tesla owner says he got a $14,000 repair bill one day after buying a Model Y. A new report suggests it's part of a much bigger problem. 0 41.33
Government official forced to flee after Trump fans shared address online: court filing -4.67 22.33
Appeals Court Revives Girls’ Lawsuit Against Competing with Transgender Athletes 0 33.33
Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot, pauses ruling to allow appeal 0 45.33
Map shows Covid cases exploding in four American states with increases expected 0 44.33
Clarence Thomas Ally Strikes Killer Blow Against Donald Trump -2.67 42
U.S. Leads Bid to Secure Red Sea, but Shipping Firms Remain on Edge 0 47.67
Tesla's recall of 2 million vehicles to fix its Autopilot system uses technology that may not work 0 44.33
Florida penalizes transgender student for playing on girls volleyball team -3.33 43
US judge pauses Trump 2020 election case while he appeals immunity ruling -1.33 43.33
Elise Stefanik Under Pressure Over Letter 'Plagiarism' 0.67 43
Harvard President Claudine Gay is cleared of plagiarism accusations but will have to correct past articles for citation issues 0 43.67
Four GOP candidates on stage today for fourth presidential debate 0 44.33
Norman Lear, producer of TV's 'All in the Family' and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101 -1.33 47
Grand Theft Auto 6 Could Be Skipping PC at Launch 0 41.67
Man who lived at Virginia home that exploded is presumed dead, police say 0 43

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