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Indystar
Media Bias Rating

IndyStar is a morning daily newspaper. The niche for the paper is sports news, but it also provides its readers with coverage on business, local and international news, business, and opinion columns. It was founded in 1903 by Muncie industrialist George F. McCulloch and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is currently owned by Gannett. Based on findings from Similar Web, the website indystar.com has 8.5 million visits on average and is ranked 1,624 among other media sources in the United States.

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Bias Score

Our A.I. media bias rating of Indystar shows what policies Indystar supports and opposes including Indystar's conservative and liberal leanings based on analysis of three hundred of articles scanned daily using the latest data science and artificial intelligence technologies.

Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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Reliability

Biasly's Reliability Score is a composite score that includes the rating of the quality of sources, and quotes including their uniqueness and diversity.

Grade C 54% Reliable

Analyst Ratings

Bias Score

Biasly’s analyst team evaluates politician twitter accounts, voting records, and statements made in the press to determine leanings. Our diverse analyst team includes equal representation from conservative, center, and liberal viewpoints on every article we rate.

The Analyst Bias Score is on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

-8% Center

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-18% Somewhat Liberal

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Biasly's Reliability Score is a composite score that includes the rating of the quality of sources, and quotes including their uniqueness and diversity.

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News Source Ranking

Indystar is ranked 1,782 among other media sources and has an average of 4,846,000 monthly visits according to Similar Web.

At Biasly, we rate political news articles from Indystar using our Bias Meter technology to provide readers better insight into the conservative and liberal leanings present in today’s media. Here is a list of biases found in articles, political policies, and politician biases from Indystar:

Policy	Bias score
Abortion	10% Center
Anti-Discrimination Laws	50% Moderately Conservative
Black Lives Matter Protest	11% Somewhat Conservative
Border Control	14% Somewhat Conservative
Charter Schools	-14% Somewhat Liberal
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ARTICLE	BIAS SCORE
The Senate, House voted to protect same-sex marriage. Here’s what it means in Indiana.	0% Center
2022 Indiana general election: Get the latest news from the polls in the Indianapolis area	0% Center
Where Indiana Senate candidates stand on abortion, the economy and other issues	0% Center
IndyStar football preseason Super Team: Get to know 2022’s best defensive game-wreckers	0% Center
‘Some of us may not get reelected’: Indiana’s abortion ban could impact November election	0% Center
White House condemns Indiana abortion law	0% Center
Briggs: 4 takeaways on Indiana’s grim abortion ban	0% Center
Indiana adopts near-total abortion ban as governor signs SB 1 into law	0% Center
Indiana abortion ban goes into effect in September: What you need to know	0% Center
Majority of House Republicans supported removing rape, incest exceptions from Indiana abortion bill	0% Center

Majority of House Republicans supported removing rape, incest exceptions from Indiana abortion law	0% Center
How every House lawmaker voted on rape, incest exemptions in Indiana abortion law	0% Center

ARTICLE	BIAS SCORE
‘Costing dollars and lives’: Undocumented immigrants still can’t drive legally in Indiana	50% Moderately Conservative

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New name, new music, new world, but The Chicks promise same entertaining show at Ruoff	38% Moderately Conservative
Students call out Westfield schools after Pride flag, BLM sign removed from classrooms	16% Somewhat Conservative
Parents criticize Carmel Clay Schools diversity work, calling it divisive and political	0% Center
Briggs: Warriors or guardians? Indianapolis riot report reveals struggle to define police	-50% Moderately Liberal
Report: BLM protests turned to riots after IMPD fired chemical agents on demonstrators	-34% Moderately Liberal
Op-ed: Muzzling charitable bail in Indiana would burnish money bail’s marginalizing legacy	50% Moderately Conservative
HSE superintendent to teachers: Treat Black Lives Matter as a political issue	50% Moderately Conservative
Here’s what happened to people charged with crimes during last summer’s protests	12% Somewhat Conservative

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2024 primaries look like ‘tipping point’ for Indiana Republican’s future	0% Center
Where Indiana Senate candidates stand on abortion, the economy and other issues	0% Center
Briggs: It’s Erin Houchin’s turn to go to Congress	14% Somewhat Conservative
‘It’s like we’re in a cage’: Indiana man in ICE detention seeks to be reunited with family	22% Somewhat Conservative
What Mike Pence is saying about the future of the Republican Party	-40% Moderately Liberal
Indianapolis will spend $150,000 to protect immigrants. Here’s what the money will do.	44% Moderately Conservative
Hoosier families will march in Washington to demand protections for undocumented people	14% Somewhat Conservative
Indianapolis wants to help immigrants seeking asylum, citizenship. This grant could do it	20% Somewhat Conservative
‘Costing dollars and lives’: Undocumented immigrants still can’t drive legally in Indiana	50% Moderately Conservative

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Can your Indiana employer require you to get vaccinated? What you need to know.	0% Center
Letters: Avon should stick with mask mandate for unvaccinated to protect the venerable	-24% Somewhat Liberal
Indiana suing virtual charter schools accused of defrauding the state for more than $150M	-20% Somewhat Liberal
Indiana schools to get nearly $2 billion in federal aid for summer school, learning loss	0% Center
A charter school lied about how much time kids spent online and must pay $300K, state says	16% Somewhat Conservative
Lawmakers ‘see the light’ on virtual charter schools, will propose increased funding	0% Center
Fact check: What’s true in Indiana 5th District ads about Victoria Spartz, Christina Hale	-50% Moderately Liberal
Republican Jennifer McCormick is endorsing Democrats in Indiana election	-30% Moderately Liberal

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