The Root Bias and Reliability
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Bias: Hyper-Partisan Left
Reliability: Mixed Reliability/Opinion OR Other Issues
Overview
Ad Fontes Media rates The Root in the Hyper-Partisan Left category of bias and as Mixed Reliability/Opinion OR Other Issues in terms of reliability. The Root is an online magazine targeted to African Americans. The Root was launched in 2008 by literary critic Henry Gates Jr. and Donald Graham, former publisher of the Washington Post. It is now owned by G/O Media.
Overall Score
The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for The Root according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.
Reliability: 26.47
Bias: -18.47
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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.
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