Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates Townhall in the Hyper-Partisan Right category of bias and as Mixed Reliability/Opinion OR Other Issues in terms of reliability. Townhall is a website that features news, conservative columnists, talk radio voices and podcasts. Launched in 1995 by The Heritage Foundation, Townhall is now owned by Salem Media Group.

Overall Score

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

Reliability: 24.95

Bias: 19.69

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
Jimmy Kimmel Isn't Handling Harris’ Election Loss Well	12.33	25.67
NPR Exploits Arlington Cemetery for Politics	16	26
Remember Those Gay Activists Accused of Abusing Their Adopted Kids?	16.67	42.67
Teachers’ Union Girds for Battle As Woodland Park Parents Push Back	19.33	26
Greg Abbott Plans to Pardon Army Sergeant Convicted of Murdering a BLM Rioter In Self-Defense	7.67	41.33
US Sending Troops to Taiwan Is ‘On the Table’ Should China Invade	15	38.33
Idaho Gov. Signs ‘Abortion Trafficking’ Bill Into Law, First of Its Kind In U.S.	14	35.33
Crowd Goes Wild When Trump Stands Up at UFC Fight, Burst Into 'USA' Chant	16	33.33
MSNBC Host’s Predictable Spin Move on the Nashville School Shooting	21.33	18.67
Why the Father of the Highland Park Shooter Just Got Charged	5.33	28.33
As Title 42 Ends, We Need to Look Towards Long-Term Enforcement And Reform	9.67	35.67
How the Left's 'Green' Climate Policies Enabled Putin's Aggression	22.33	24
Why We Should Be More Afraid Of Kamala Harris Than Joe Biden	15	29.67
The First Rule of Gun Safety is That You Don't Point a Gun Directly at Someone Unless You Intend to Shoot Them	8.33	35
It's Looking Increasingly Likely Adam Kinzinger Could be on Jan. 6 Select Committee	3.67	41
Pentagon's Report Reveals Most of UFOs Were 'Unexplained'	10.67	38
Fight with Us Against the Leftists Ruining America	25.67	9.67
Study: Texas Reopening Had No Impact on COVID Cases, Deaths	21.67	21.67
And Now The Associated Press Almost Got into Trouble for Wading into the Anti-Semitic Waters	24	15.33
U.S. Confiscates More Than $90,000 from Man Selling Video of Capitol Riot	12.33	45.67
Hamas Thanks Iran for Providing Weapons, Funding to Attack Israel	18.33	26.67
Republican Votes to Punish Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Does Not Bode Well for the GOP	22.33	22.67
Why McConnell Is Green Lighting a Power-sharing Agreement	2.67	45
Shapiro Has More Than 100 Politico Reporters Shedding Tears... Still	14.67	29.33
Hawley Raises Ethics Questions Surrounding Seven Democrats	3.67	44