Newsday Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Middle

Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting

Overall Score

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

Bias: -3.51

Reliability: 46.71

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
Harris says Trump 'is a fascist' after his ex-chief of staff says he wanted generals like Hitler's-11.6745.0
Another former Babylon Junior-Senior High School educator loses teaching certificate0.044.33
Armed defendant identified in police SUV takedown, charged with multiple crimes, Nassau police say-143.67
COVID-19 hospitalizations on Long Island more than double in month0.045.33
'Up-and-over' in a wheelchair: LIRR riders with disabilities struggle under new service0.042.33
Long Island law enforcement officials concerned about rise in ghost guns seizures0.043.0
Retired Suffolk court officer who lost his wife to COVID-19 gets surprise 80th birthday party in Manorville0.042.33
Armed robbery on LIRR: Police say suspects robbed man on train near Wyandanch0.042.33
Smithtown West High alum Kevin Camson creates app to help students become more engaged at school0.042.33
Sexual misconduct investigations cast shadow over Babylon school district0.048.67
Blakeman won't enforce Hochul's COVID-19 mask mandate, spokesman says-246.0
Bellone nominates NYPD's Harrison to become Suffolk's new top cop-4.6746.67
How Long Island businesses are implementing state's new mask rules-1.6748.67
An officer failed to check on his prisoner. His partner was sexually assaulting her.-250.67
Hypocrisy reigns in Dr. Seuss stir2.6742.67
Former New Yorker arraigned for allegedly violating voting civil rights-4.3345.33
Nassau Republican lawmakers sue Laura Curran over assessment data4.3346.0
New Johnson & Johnson vaccine can be 'a huge, huge win,' LI doctor says0.049.0
Stolen ATM found in middle of road in Lake Ronkonkoma, police say0.049.33
LIer Carter Rubin heads to knockouts after winning battle round on 'The Voice'0.047.0
Man hit, killed by school bus in Great Neck, Nassau police say0.052.33
Over union objections, warehouses win $16.8M in Suffolk tax breaks0.3348.0
LIPA report details PSEG LI's failures in Isaias storm response0.050.33
Rob Manfred says MLB will move quickly on approving Steve Cohen as new Mets owner0.050.25
Shark sighting near Glen Cove but beach reopens Friday, officials say0.047.0