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Journalists’ Media Bias Rating List
Explore our comprehensive journalist bias ratings covering 19,900+ authors and reporters. Our resource provides media bias and reliability assessments for each professional and their articles analyzed on the site.
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About the Journalist Bias Ratings
Biasly’s Journalist Bias Ratings offer a unique, data-backed approach to evaluating the political leanings and reporting style of individual journalists. Unlike media outlet—level evaluations, this tool zooms in on the specific authors crafting the stories you read—helping you identify journalist bias across tone, framing, language, and topic selection.
Whether you’re tracking bias in journalism, seeking a more unbiased media experience, or simply want to compare reporters from different political perspectives, our platform helps you uncover the patterns that shape public discourse—one byline at a time.
Our journalist ratings draw from the same rigorous methodology used in our Media Bias Ratings and Politician Bias Ratings, combining machine learning with expert analysis to detect subtle and overt bias cues. From liberal-leaning columnists to conservative investigative reporters, Biasly’s journalist ratings help you discover who is influencing your views—and how.
How We Rate Journalist Bias
Biasly’s journalist ratings are powered by a hybrid model that blends AI-driven media bias detection with trained analyst review, producing some of the most granular and transparent media bias scores available. Here’s how we break it down:
AI + Analyst Collaboration:
We combine natural language processing (NLP) and sentiment analysis with contextual insights from real people trained in media evaluation. Our algorithms assess the tone, slant, language, and topic framing of individual articles, while human analysts review for loaded language, factual balance, and editorial separation.
News vs. Opinion:
It’s common for bias to be more present in opinion pieces than in hard news reporting. That’s why we evaluate news reporting and opinion columns separately when analyzing journalist bias. Our goal is to determine whether a journalist can maintain objectivity—even when covering polarizing topics.
Dynamic Updates:
As journalists continue publishing, our system updates their bias and reliability ratings to reflect evolving reporting patterns. Whether a writer shifts tone, changes beats, or begins covering more partisan issues, our model adjusts to ensure current, relevant ratings.
Reporting Reliability:
In addition to political slant, we also evaluate journalistic reliability—looking at factual reporting, use of credible sources, and transparency in sourcing. This allows readers to distinguish between accurate journalism and stories that rely too heavily on opinion or anecdote.
Why Journalist Bias Ratings Matter
Understanding the bias of journalists—not just the outlets they write for—is essential to media literacy in today’s complex information environment. Here’s why our Journalist Bias Ratings matter:
Personalized Reporting Profiles
One news outlet can host dozens of journalists, each with varying political views and journalistic standards. Biasly allows you to analyze reporters individually, helping you identify authors whose work aligns with (or challenges) your preferences.
Avoiding Misleading Narratives
By recognizing when a journalist consistently leans toward a specific political bias or uses techniques like cherry-picking, bias by omission, or loaded language, readers are better equipped to assess the credibility of each story.
Promoting Media Transparency
Our ratings encourage accountability in journalism, helping the public demand better standards and more transparent storytelling.
