Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates Sputnik International News in the Skews Right category of bias and as Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues in terms of reliability. Sputnik International News is a global news organization based in Moscow, Russia, with offices around the world. Coverage focuses on political and economic news, and information is published in more than 30 languages. Sputnik shares content via a newswire service, website and radio. Sputnik News was founded in 2014 by the Russian media group Rossiya Segodnya, which is owned and operated by the Russian government.

Overall Score

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

Reliability: 36.28

Bias: 8.26

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
EU Dissenters Ban Ukraine's Food as Bloc's Unity Crumbles	1.67	22
Medvedev: West Demands Guarantees From Russia, But Hints at Future Nuclear Conflict	0	35.67
Iran Shows Off Mystery Drone at Army Day Parade – Photos, Videos	0	40
Putin Travels to Kherson Region to Meet Russian Troops, Pays First Visit to Lugansk - Video	0	32.33
What's the Rumpus? Hundreds of Norwegians Sue State Over F-35 Noise	0	36
Nancy Pelosi Has to Tell Audience to 'Clap' While Touting Inflation Reduction Bill	9.67	30.67
US Army Suggests Soldiers Sign Up for Food Stamps to Alleviate Inflation Pains	9.67	39.67
Delaware Democrats Avoid Embarrassing Situation in Primary Race	9	33.33
US Army Orders $311Mln More Javelin Missiles for Jordan, Lithuania - Pentagon	1	44.67
Steele Dossier Source, Russian Danchenko, Was FBI's Paid Informant in 2017-2020 -Documents	13.67	35.67
Kennedy Vision Still Inspires Space Cooperation on ISS Today - Senior NASA Official	0	42
'It's Going to Hurt': US Fears Europe's Anti-Russia Resolve Will Waver Over Soaring Energy Prices	1.67	33.67
A Decade After Benghazi Attack, US’ Chief Concern Remains Libyan Oil Taps, Not Ending Civil War	9.67	34.67
Biden Complains About Deteriorating Conditions at US Airports: 'What the Hell's the Matter With Us?'	4.33	40.33
Ex-California Dem Senator Claims Kamala Harris Uses Myth of 2024 Biden Run to Snatch Presidency	15.33	27
Trump Objects to Justice Department’s Nominees for Special Master - Court Filing	1.33	46
US, Mexican Officials to Continue Talks on Border Security in October - Blinken	0	44.67
Alabama Couple Pleads Guilty for Providing Material Support to IS - US Justice Dept.	0	42.67
NYC’s Hasidic Schools Deny Students Basic Education, Despite Being Flush With Gov Money - Report	0	44
About 15,000 Minnesota Nurses Strike Seeking More Money, Staff, Better Patient Care	-3.33	41
Pelosi's Taiwan Trip: How China Could Wreak Vengeance on Taipei & Washington	17.67	24
‘We Hope’ More Americans Become Unemployed, Leaked Bank of America Memo Says	-7.33	30.67
'50 is a Good Number to Stop': SNL Could be Ending Soon, Comic Kenan Thompson Suggests	0	41.67
Pentagon Chief Claims US Committed to One China Policy, But Will Help Taiwan to Defend Itself	0	41.67
Congress Votes to Hold Steve Bannon in Contempt of Congress Furthering Partisan Divides	6	36.33