Yes, we rate international sources, too – hundreds of them. May Media Bias Chart® for web/print sources features 122 websites

Yes, We Rate International Sources, Too

May Media Bias Chart® for web/print sources features 122 websites, 18 of them international

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Today we’re releasing the May edition of the Media Bias Chart® for Web/Print, and you might notice a few sources that you haven’t seen before: The Times of India | The Economic Times, Bild and Dawn News English.

That’s right, these are international sources — websites based outside of the U.S. — and our team has rated more than 430 of them (if you include podcast and TV/video sources, it’s more than 600). Our analysts rate content from around the world every week.

On this chart you’ll find some well-known international sources, like The Economist, The Guardian, Mirror and Daily Mail, all from the United Kingdom. But you’ll also find some lesser-known UK sites like Edinburgh Live, The Times and Daily Express. This chart also has one source from Australia (We Got This Covered or WGTC), one from Canada (The Maple), one from Germany (Bild) and one from Argentina (La Derecha Diario).

From Asia and the Mideast you’ll find Arab News (Saudi Arabia), Hindustan Times (India), The Times of India | Economic Times (India), Dawn News English (Pakistan), Al Jazeera (Qatar) and TRT Global (Turkey). Those with a News Nerd or News Newbie subscription can filter sources on the Interactive Media Bias Chart® by country.

If the international publication has a U.S. edition, we typically rate that (see Irish Star – US on this chart), but we will also rate the versions directed at their home country’s audiences. Most websites published in another language are translated and rated in English. However, we do have Spanish-speaking analysts who can rate U.S.-based and international websites published in Spanish.

Because the left-right bias spectrum is different in each country (sometimes a little different from the U.S., and sometimes a lot!) we rate the bias of international sources based on the political spectrum of the particular country in which the source reports. To effectively do so, our analysts who rate sources in specific countries get specialized training about the political landscape, parties, positions, and elected officials and cover dozens of each country’s news sources.

Sources in the green box (top middle) of the chart have been rated by our team to be minimally biased and to provide fact-based information. Here’s a list of all sources from the May Media Bias Chart® for Web/Print that fall within the green box. The international ones are in bold.

  • ADN America
  • Al Jazeera (website)
  • AP | Associated Press
  • Army Times
  • Boston Herald
  • Business Insider
  • C4ISRNET
  • Christianity Today
  • CNN (website)
  • Democracy Docket
  • Edinburgh Live
  • EdSource
  • Foreign Affairs
  • FOX 11 LA KTTV
  • Jacksonville Journal-Courier
  • Newsweek
  • NPR (website)
  • Pew Research Center
  • Poughkeepsie Journal
  • ProPublica
  • Semafor
  • Sludge
  • Straight Arrow News
  • The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter
  • The Economist
  • The Guardian
  • The New York Times
  • The Reload
  • The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
  • The War Horse
  • TVO Today
  • USAFacts
  • Wall Street Journal
  • War on the Rocks
  • Washington Post
  • WGN TV Chicago
  • WIRED
  • World News Group
  • WPLG Local 10 Miami
  • Yellowhammer News

This edition of the web-print chart features 122 of the 2,910 web/print sources our team has rated so far. We know it’s hard to read all of the source logos on the chart, so we’ve provided a list of the 122 sources here. (Charts that focus on podcasts and TV/video sources will be released later this month).

Eleven sources make their debut on this month’s chart. Sources in bold are international sources.

  • Bild
  • Dawn News English
  • Democracy Docket
  • OpentheWord
  • Poughkeepsie Journal
  • Religion Dispatches
  • Steady with Dan Rather
  • The Argument
  • The Horn News
  • The Times of India | The Economic Times
  • WGN TV Chicago

As always, we choose a selection of sources to include on each chart because it’s impossible to put all of them in a single image. In order to make the logos as large and readable as possible, we have magnified a portion of the chart and removed the edges that contain no sources.

If you don’t see your favorite source on the May chart, search for it on the Interactive Media Bias Chart® on the website. It’s free, but you can access only 250 sources, and there are limits on how many searches you can conduct per day.

To get expanded access and to filter sources by country, you’ll need a News Newbie or News Nerd subscription. Our subscribers can search all 4,680 sources our team has fully rated (websites, podcasts and TV/video)!

You can also search all sources on our free mobile app for Android or Apple. Daily search limits apply.

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photo of author Beth Heldebrandt How a Retired Journalist Found a Home at Ad Fontes MediaBeth Heldebrandt is Director of Communications at Ad Fontes Media. She has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of journalism and public relations, and was an adjunct instructor of journalism for 17 years at Eastern Illinois University. Beth has a B.A. in journalism from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and an M.A. in English from Eastern Illinois University. She’s a mom and grandma, and enjoys traveling, puzzles and reading.