Overall Score

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

Reliability: 39.81

Bias: -8.94

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 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 sample content’s overall reliability score.

To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis 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 content’s overall bias score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart^®️ on the horizontal axis, 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, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

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.

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
‘If the Police Don’t Believe You, They Might Prosecute You’: How Officers Turn Victims of Sexual Assault Into Suspects	-2	55.33
Federal Agents Investigating Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor in Its Supply Chain	0	52.33
‘The Opportunities Are Gatekept’: Coffee Shops Continue to Fall Short on Diversity	-13	35.67
State Pension Fund is Helping a Middle Eastern Firm Export Arizona’s Precious Groundwater	-1.67	45
The Disinformation Campaign Behind a Top Pregnancy Website	-11	39.67
Mastermind of the Texas ‘Heartbeat’ Statute Has a Radical Mission to Reshape American Law	-9	40.67
Behind the Smiles at Amazon	-7	55.33
Texas Deputy Who Tased Unarmed Refugee Child Won’t Be Disciplined	-10.33	23
Feds Didn’t Fully Vet Contractors to Care for Migrant Children. A New Bill Would Increase Scrutiny.	-1.67	45.67
Inside Amazon’s Failures to Protect Your Data: Internal Voyeurs, Bribery Scandals and Backdoor Schemes	-1.33	44.33
Reveal’s ‘Why Police Reform Fails’ Is a duPont Award Finalist	-2	43.33
Case Files from Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe	-2	44.33
DC Police Tried to Fire 24 Current Officers for ‘Criminal Offenses.’ A Powerful Panel Blocked Nearly Every One, Documents Show.	-5.67	46
Did You Share Personal Info With a ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center?’	-11.33	26.33
How Law Enforcement Lets Deadly Domestic Abusers Keep Their Guns	-12	43
Lawmakers Call for Action on Amazon Security Failures	-1.33	43.67
Texas Town Again Considering Drilling Next to a Day Care	-14.33	39.33
Modern-day redlining: Banks discriminate in lending	-5.67	44