News Sources
Through this categorization, this organization is not condemning or commending any news sites mentioned, only educating on their trends in recent history
Media Bias Chart (Copyright 2023 AD Fontes Media)
Associated Press
“I have no thought of saying The Associated Press is perfect. The frailties of human nature attach to it,” wrote Melville Stone, the great general manager of the AP. But he went on to say that “the thing it is striving for is a truthful, unbiased report of the world's happenings … ethical in the highest degree.”
https://www.ap.org/about/news-values-and-principles/introduction
Founded in 1846
Reuters
Ad Fontes Media rates Reuters in the Middle category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting terms of reliability. Reuters is an international news organization published in 16 languages and viewed by billions worldwide every day.
https://adfontesmedia.com/reuters-bias-and-reliability/
Founded in 1851
Agence France Press
Ad Fontes Media rates Agence France-Presse in the Middle category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability.
https://adfontesmedia.com/agence-france-presse-bias-reliability/
Founded in 1835
Skewed to Strong bias
CNN
"From 2017 to 2021, the bias of CNN's web news shifted significantly, from Center, to Lean Left, to Left. CNN, its employees, and its content are commonly associated with liberal media bias by voices across the political spectrum in the public discourse. NOTE: This rating is not for CNN's TV/broadcast content, nor its opinion/editorial content. This bias rating reflects the online, written news content available on CNN.com only."
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/cnn-media-bias
CNN has shown in recent history to lean left in recent times through thier language and story coverage
World News Group
"Editorially, they promote political bias based on their Christian perspective. Ie. Against abortion, LGBTQ rights, and even evolution."
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/world-magazine/
While World News Group is a public source influenced by Christianity they have not failed a fact check in the last five years (mediabiasfactcheck.com).
MSNBC
"MSNBC had an average Writing Tone score of 0.33, placing it in the 15th percentile in our dataset for this metric. This score shows that the site is highly prone to using biased and opinionated language in its news articles"
https://www.thefactual.com/blog/how-reliable-is-msnbc/
This source is commonly shown to use strong language that often causes misinterpretation and frames a story in a liberal light.
Fox News
"Republicans trust Fox News more than any other outlet. Democrats distrust it more than any other outlet."
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/04/08/five-facts-about-fox-news/
This source is commonly shown to use strong language that often causes misinterpretation and frames a story in a conservative light.