While it's true that Voice of Europe is baseless propaganda with no credibility, the same is true of mediabiasfactcheck.com, so in this case they're correct, but purely by accident.

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Why do you say that media bias fact check is baseless propaganda?

edit: One of the most left leaning but highly factual news sites I go to is Fair.org. This site is almost always against the major mainstream media consensus, but backs up its claims with lots of high quality reasoning and evidence. MBFC rate it left-center and high factual reporting.

It gives Jacobin, probably one of the biggest left leaning news sites in the US, a left leaning and high factual reporting score. Jacobin calls themselves left leaning, of course. For anyone who knows history, it's right in their name. So what's the problem there?

Meanwhile, it gives all the major right wing news sites poor ratings. Fox News, Breitbart, Epoch times, etc. get an extreme right and Mixed factual reporting score.

So I understand why you would besmirch MBFC if you're some rightwinger. But, from the left, I don't understand. Reality has a left leaning bias.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's true that MBFC biased but it's consistent with its bias. Just shift their ratings to the right by about a meter then it will be accurate.

[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, no, because it's also extremely biased in how it assigns factual reporting scores, and by extension, overall credibility scores. Not to mention they equivocate "bias" (on a scale zeroed at USA neoconservatism) with credibility.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago

Is it their fault that right wing “news” outlets lie all the time?