Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates The Washington Free Beacon in the Strong Right category of bias and as Unreliable, Problematic in terms of reliability. The Washington Free Beacon is an online newspaper dedicated to investigative reporting on issues such as public policy, government and media. The website states it is “dedicated to uncovering the stories that the powers that be hope will never see the light of day.” Founded in 2012, it is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Overall Score

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

Reliability: 23.71

Bias: 14.31

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
China Is Halting Critical Mineral Exports to the US. An Idaho Mine Could Help—If It Ever Secures Federal Permits.	12.33	40
Bernie Sanders Says Amazon Warehouses are 'Uniquely Dangerous.' He's Spent Nearly $2 Million in Campaign Cash There, Disclosures Show.	13	26
'Significant Risk of Fraud': Federal Watchdog Calls for Emergency Halt to Biden's $400 Billion Energy Loan Fund	10.67	43.67
In Washington State, a Biological Male Dominates Girls' Track—and a Group of School Districts Rally To Force Votes On a Change	9.33	47
'He's Not Kidding': Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Prepares for Deportation War—With Blue City Mayors	10.67	39.33
Anti-Israel Groups Plan Coordinated Protests in ‘Global Escalation’ Over Thanksgiving Holiday	5	42.33
FACT CHECK: Taylor Lorenz Is an 'Attractive Young(er) Woman'	13.33	24.33
‘Enough is Enough’: Foxx Introduces Bipartisan Bill Prohibiting Aid to Universities That Boycott Israel	12	31.33
'A Huge Misstep': Ilhan Omar Blames Harris Loss on Flaunting Liz Cheney Endorsement	9.67	36
Soros-Backed Dark Money Giant Bankrolled the Fiscal Sponsor of US-Designated Terror Financier Samidoun, Tax Forms Show	20.33	20.33
Kamala Harris Plagiarized Pages of Congressional Testimony From a Republican Colleague. Plus, a Fictionalized Story About Human Trafficking.	17.33	20.67
Flaccid Flop: Harris-Walz 'Male' Voter Outreach Fails Miserably	19	18
Harris Ducks 'Responsibility' (and Fact Checks) in Fiery Fox News Interview	16.67	20
‘Likely To Give Birth Any Day’: Ruben Gallego Served Pregnant Wife With Divorce Papers. She Was Blindsided.	9.33	23.33
Yahya Go Boom: Hamas Leader Sinwar Dead, Israel Confirms as Oct. 7 Mastermind Loses His Brain	13.67	17.33
Hunting Groups Dismiss 'Last-Minute Ploy' From Harris Campaign To Win Their Vote: 'Actions Speak Louder Than Words'	12.33	38.33
Biden's Long Shadow	11.33	25
Biden-Harris Admin Breached Its Own Ethics Rules In Blocking Trump-Approved Gas Project, Watchdog Group Says	6.33	28
To Spread Democracy, You Gotta Have Faith	13.67	31.67
Horny Dads for Kamala Harris	17.33	13
House Dems Peddle False Abortion Attack in Quest To Flip Lower Chamber	12	24
Kamala's Criminal Justice Reform Comrade Accused Israel and America of 'Apartheid' in Fiery Sermon After Hamas Attack	19.67	21.33
‘I Did Fries’: Kamala Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's, but She Never Mentioned It Until She Ran for President. Did She Really Toil Beneath the Golden Arches?	16.33	33.67
'Brat' Is the Official Buzzword of the Kamala Harris Campaign. 80 Percent of Americans Don't Know What It Means.	14.67	28.33
The West Bank, Once Quiet, Is Now Flooded With Iran-Backed Terror Groups	9.67	38