STUDY: NewsGuard Ratings System STILL Heavily Biased in Favor of Left-Wing Media Outlets

NewsBusters ^ | 1/6/2023 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

Discredited leftist website ratings firm NewsGuard has had a year to prove that its ratings system isn’t prejudiced against conservative media, but it’s failing miserably. A new analysis shows that liberal media outlets were rated 25 points higher on average than right-leaning media outlets illustrates how NewsGuard’s self-projection as a credibility gatekeeper is a complete joke.

MRC Free Speech America analyzed the NewsGuard ratings of media outlets based on a list compiled by AllSides that classified their “bias” on a left-to-right scale. The average NewsGuard score for the “left” and “lean left” outlets — which included leftist outlets like USA Today — was a “green shield” rating of 91/100. USA Today was embroiled in a scandal after former reporter Gabriela Miranda was found to have fabricated sources. While the average rating for “right” and “lean right” outlets — which included Fox News, The Daily Wire and New York Post — was a low 66/100.

That’s a 25-point disparity.

This study was published just over one year after MRC Free Speech America released its first comprehensive study analyzing NewsGuard’s bias on Dec. 13, 2021, which showed a 93/100 to 66/100 disparity in favor of “left” and “lean left” media outlets over “right” and “lean right” media outlets.

NewsGuard’s bias has barely budged in over 365 days of ever-changing nutrition labels either praising or demonizing the “credibility” of news outlets.

[nevadapatriot]

I’m shocked, not

[RedMonqey]

What is a “News guard” and why should I care?/sarc