Research Guides: Misinformation and disinformation: News sources and bias

The Media Bias Chart

The Interactive Media Bias Chart was first created by patent attorney Vanessa Otero in 2016 as a way to talk to her friends about "where news outlets they read fit along a spectrum of credibility, ideology, quality, and more". This chart includes websites, news outlets, and podcasts.

To help you understand your media bias, fill out the blank Media Bias Chart with your choice news sources, then compare your perceptions to the transparently-created and frequently-updated Interactive Media Bias Chart. Both are linked below.

Interactive Media Bias Chart ®
Created by Vanessa Otero and ad fontes media.

Blank Media Bias Chart
Fill out this template with your choice news sources, then compare your perceptions to the transparently-created Media Bias Chart. Created by Vanessa Otero, 2016

Additional media bias charts

AllSides Media Bias Chart
"The bias chart is based on over 2,400 AllSides Media Bias Ratings that inform our balanced newsfeed and are powered by people like you. We rate bias by balancing input from thousands of everyday Americans across the political spectrum and a politically balanced panel of experts."
Media Bias / Fact Check
This website is useful, but the free version is full of ads. Be mindful of what you click on. The Media Bias / Fact Check website is self-described as "the most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet. There are currently 7000+ media sources, journalists, and politicians listed in our database and growing every day. Don’t be fooled by Questionable sources. Use the search feature above (Header) to check the bias of any source. Use name or URL."