New York Daily News Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Skews Left

Reliability: Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for New York Daily News according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: -8.10

Reliability: 34.12

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
ICE agents denied entry at a Chicago elementary school-4.676.33
Migrant accused of raping 13-year-old girl in Queens park caught with help from residents0.043.67
Earthquake rattles Queens, may have caused Roosevelt Island explosions0.042.67
Jimmy Kimmel slams Aaron Rodgers’ suggestion that he’ll be on Epstein list0.041.33
Hochul takes aim at new variant of COVID-19 as numbers rise0.042.67
NYC man threatening strangers on Manhattan subway dies after Marine Corps vet puts him in chokehold: NYPD1.6738.67
Cops cuff crook for copping calculators from NYC schools0.040.67
Trump mocked for ‘BS’ claim that Manhattan court officers got weepy at his arraignment-1132.67
Suspicious powder found in Manhattan district attorney’s office mail room — second such scare amid Trump prosecution-1.3341.0
Donald Trump files $500M lawsuit against ex-lawyer and ‘hush money’ case star witness Michael Cohen0.6742.33
Brooklyn man charged with murder for fatally knifing roommate1.3339.67
Video shows mysterious figure fleeing scene of NJ Councilwoman Dwumfour’s murder2.6740.33
Rep. George Santos trades insults with ‘a--hole’ Sen. Mitt Romney and ‘obsessed’ Rep. Ritchie Torres at State of the Union speech0.040.33
Accused killer of NYPD cop Adeed Fayaz tried to hide bullet hole with tape during manhunt: prosecutors0.043.0
Man jailed for stealing Dallas Zoo monkeys vows to strike again0.045.67
Ex-con surrenders in fatal shooting of downstairs Bronx neighbor in loud noise dispute0.042.33
Pa. woman tried to hire a hitman to kill ex's wife and her kid0.043.67
‘GMA3′ co-anchor T.J. Holmes files for divorce amid Amy Robach scandal0.037.33
Jets special teamer Justin Hardee on Pro Bowl selection: ‘I honestly [have] been waiting on this moment all year’0.040.33
Readers sound off on a Trump subpoena, no hockey coverage and Kanye-1727.67
Grand theft democracy: The maybe-final Jan. 6 hearing makes clear the magnitude of Trump’s crime-13.6731.67
The price of Alex Jones: The wretched liar must pay $965 million to the families of Sandy Hook victims-1427.33
Let justice be done: Tish James rightly pursues Donald Trump and his company-20.3328.0
Fiery Bronx gas explosion building collapse kills elderly resident, injures 7 others: ‘The pieces just went everywhere’0.047.67
‘Oh Hell No’: Ice Cube exits Jack Black comedy after declining COVID-19 vaccination-0.6742.0