Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates The Washington Free Beacon in the Strong Right category of bias and as Mixed Reliability/Opinion OR Other Issues 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: 26.31

Bias: 13.88

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
House Republicans Want To Label Iraqi Leader as 'Tool of Iranian Influence'	3.67	40
Schumer-Affiliated Dark Money Group Tries To Reinvent Jacky Rosen as a Border Hawk	13.67	30.67
Republicans Warn of Chinese Control Over American Drone and Consumer Electronic Marketplace	7.33	31.67
Anti-Semites Rally To Save Jamaal Bowman From Primary Loss	18	26.33
The Gaza Famine That Never Was	7	38.33
'A Failed Medical School': How Racial Preferences, Supposedly Outlawed in California, Have Persisted at UCLA	14.67	16.33
Soros-Backed Groups Storm U.S. Capitol, Accuse Israel of ‘Genocide’	13.33	28.33
Left-Wing Dark Money Behemoth Behind Bail Fund for 'Free Palestine' Bridge Blockers	12.33	33.67
Israel Takes Out Hezbollah Commander as It Vows Response to Iranian Attack	0	42.33
Iran Won't Get Off 'Scot-Free' for Attack, IDF Says	1	41.33
Israel Weighs Retaliatory Strike on Tehran: Report	1	43
Anti-Israel Protesters Shut Down Access to Chicago's O'Hare Airport	0	42.67
David Trone Has Poured a Record-Breaking $42 Million Into His Senate Campaign	5	40.33
Harvard Taps Longtime DEI Advocate To Help Pick University’s Next President	11.67	35.33
White House Adviser Defends Iran’s ‘Right to Defend Itself,’ Blasts ‘Genocide Joe’ Biden	8.67	39.67
Anti-Semitic Incidents on College Campuses Surged 320 Percent Last Year, ADL Finds	5.33	42
Elderly Scam Victim Who Killed Uber Driver in Fit of Rage Is Same Age as Joe Biden	16	16.67
At Columbia, an Israeli-Designated Terror Group Teaches 'Palestinian Resistance 101'—And Lauds Plane Hijackings	0	26.67
What in the Actual F— Is Wrong With These People? (NBC News Edition)	23	18.33
Israeli Hostage Says Hamas Captor Sexually Assaulted Her	0	43
Complaint Alleges University of Wisconsin DEI Czar, Husband of Harvard's DEI Chief, Has Decades-Long History of Research Misconduct	13.67	40
Poll: Majority of Palestinians Want Hamas Control Over Gaza Strip When War Ends	3.67	43.67
They Denounced a Bill to 'End Jew Hatred.' Now, Jamaal Bowman Says He's 'Honored To Have Their Endorsement.'	13.67	29.67
Hamas-Sheltering Qatar Cashes In on Biden Natural Gas Pause	5	36
FBI on Hunt for Iranian Assassin Targeting Trump Officials	0	41.67