Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 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 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: -0.43

Reliability: 47.41

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
Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful 0.0 43.33
Half of Downtown Pittsburgh offices could be empty in 4 years 0.0 46.67
Duolingo expands office space with 10-year commitments in East Liberty and Manhattan 0.0 43.67
As COVID-19, respiratory virus cases continue to rise, the new year doesn't look so new 0.0 43.67
Fetterman calls for U.S. Senate to oust indicted lawmaker 0.0 46.0
David M. Shribman: With honeymoon over, Biden parries challenges from all sides -1.67 40.0
Darkest Day -5.5 39.0
Pittsburgh a 'hub' for white supremacy, FBI analysts say 0.0 48.33
Boockvar asks judge to dismiss Pa. suit based on Trump’s ‘conjectural theories’ -1.67 48.67
Trump campaign wins case on Pa. voter ID deadline 1.33 49.0
Police obtain warrant for man suspected of killing juvenile probation officer in East Liberty 0.0 50.0
Journey Brown’s football career is done after medical diagnosis 0.67 45.67
With Thanksgiving — and family time — near, UPMC docs urge ongoing COVID-19 caution 0.0 47.33
Republicans in state Senate plan to review Pa. election results 0.0 46.0
As DOJ probes election, Republicans’ pursuit of voter fraud hits hurdle — a lack of evidence 0.0 49.0
All eyes are on Erie County, once reliably blue: Trump visits region today 0.67 47.67
Allegheny County expanding election office hours 0.0 51.33
Pa.'s daily COVID-19 count eclipses 1,000 for second straight week -1 49.0
$8,957 for a parking space? That’s what one developer will pay on the North Shore 0.0 52.33
City pays settlement in police chase crash, will likely pay another in whistleblower suit -1 51.33
Allegheny County mostly ‘up to date’ in sending ballots, elections officials say amid voters’ woes 0.0 52.0
Susan G. Komen to close affiliates, including one in Pittsburgh -0.33 50.67
Pa. Supreme Court hears arguments in priest abuse case -1.33 49.67