National Catholic Register Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Skews Right

Reliability: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues

Overall Score

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

Bias: 10.51

Reliability: 32.37

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
Trump Blasts Pope Leo as ‘Weak’ and ‘Terrible for Foreign Policy’-740.33
How Eastern Catholics Can Help Leo XIV Unite a Divided Church0.035.33
Where Will Pope Leo Go First? Clues Point to Algeria, Turkey — and the US0.039.33
Pope Leo XIV Prays for Texas Flood Victims and Their Families0.041.33
Patriotism Under God: Helping Our Nation Maintain Its Divine Allegiance9.027.67
Supreme Court Protects Minors From Gender Ideology18.6726.33
UK Parliament Faces Pivotal Vote on Assisted Suicide11.6731.67
Leo XIV at One Month: An ‘Original’ Pope1.3334.67
Hollywood Comes to Church: How a Mississippi Basilica Became the Set for ‘The Ritual’0.040.67
Transgenderism is a Gateway to Pedophilia26.015.67
US Bishops Plan Response to Native American Catholics Who ‘Want Their Voice Heard’-2.8345.33
Connecticut Assisted Suicide Bill Would Not Safeguard Against Coercion, Opponents Say12.3339.67
States Push Both Pro-Life and Abortion Expansion Measures in 202113.3343.0
Rebuking Trump: Impeachment if Necessary, But Not Necessarily Impeachment4.6735.33
Only the Church Does Anti-Racism Right4.3332.0
Court: Vermont Can’t Exclude Catholic School Student from College Tuition Program5.3345.0
Second Federal Court Strikes Down Transgender Mandate4.046.0
Joe Biden Taps ‘Transgender’ Rachel Levine to HHS Position7.3339.33
The Trump Presidency and What Happens After: A Catholic Take1.6736.0
Will Sen. Manchin’s Focus on Moderation Come at the Expense of His Catholic Principles?14.024.0
Under President Biden, Vatican-US Relations Are Poised to Shift Dramatically0.048.0
US Bishops Offer Prayers, Pledge to Engage with Biden Administration2.041.67
Biden’s Secretary of State Backs Trump’s Tough Approach to China4.3342.33
Catholic Church Is Correct in Not Letting Abortion Issue Slide10.032.0
President Biden Begins to Roll Out Plan for First 100 Days in Office0.6746.0