The Village Voice Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Skews Left

Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting

Overall Score

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

Bias: -7.73

Reliability: 43.09

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.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 36 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-36 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and/or analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between content pieces.

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 the bias score of a piece of content, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting 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 source’s overall bias score.

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 source’s overall reliability score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the horizontal axis of the Media Bias Chart®️, 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, selective/incomplete, misleading, and inaccurate/fabricated information.

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
Giving Thanks For Jimi Hendrix is a Long — and Ongoing — NYC Tradition0.044.33
Remembering When Presidential Candidate Walter Mondale Came to the Voice Offices-9.3334.33
Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of All Charges in Death of George Floyd0.048.67
Sean Combs’ New Doc Has a Deeper ‘Story To Tell’ About Biggie Smalls-236.33
New York Cannabis Legalization Deal Imminent-9.3340.33
Out of the Shadows: New York Legalizes Adult-Use Marijuana-6.6746.33
COVID-19: CDC Updates Travel Guidelines For Fully Vaccinated People0.050.0
‘The Longest Shift’ Documents Workers On The Pandemic’s Front Lines-5.6744.67
Making Science and Technology More Inclusive with the American Science Corps0.045.67
Judge Says Deputies Who Shared Photos of Kobe Bryant Crash Must Be Named0.045.67
Getting Vaccinated in the Bronx is No Day at the Park-6.6747.67
Safe Banking Act Reintroduced to Protect Pro-Pot Banks-448.0
Crowded Field of Mayoral Candidates Zooming Toward Primary Day-4.3347.33
Gun Rights Absolutists Celebrate Martin Luther King Day in Virginia-10.6739.0
On the Ground at the Inauguration: The Only Thing to See Was Hope-10.6735.33
Art Crime Pays: Trump Pardons Helly Nahmad, the Art World’s Cartoon Villain-9.3341.0
Running for New York City Mayor — How Much Chaos Can We Expect Between Now and June?-7.6743.67
James Ridgeway’s Reporting Warned Us That Trump Was Coming — Half a Century Ago-12.6737.33