Media Bias /Fact Check --- The Guardian
Overall, we rate The Guardian Left-Center biased based on story selection that moderately favors the left and Mixed for factual reporting due to numerous failed fact checks over the last 5 years.
...A 2014 Pew Research Survey found that 72% of The Guardian’s audience is consistently or mostly liberal, 20% Mixed and 9% consistently or mostly conservative. This indicates that The Guardian is strongly preferred by a more liberal audience.
Failed Fact Checks
Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? – False
Firms bidding for government contracts are being asked if they back Brexit. – False
The proportion of lung cancer cases only diagnosed after a visit to an A&E ranges from 15% in Guildford and Waverley in Surrey to 56% in Tower Hamlets and Manchester. – Inaccurate
Private renting is making millions of people ill. – False
The number of vegans in the UK has risen from half a million in 2016 to 3.5 million today. – False
New legislation has been introduced to change laws on workplace rights. – False
The justice budget has fallen by 40% since 2010. – False
“The proportion of people with a job who live in poverty went up for the third consecutive year in 2018 to a record high” – False
“The number of children needing foster care has risen by 44% during the coronavirus pandemic, creating a “state of emergency”, a children’s charity said.” – False
915 children were admitted with malnutrition in Cambridge hospitals between 2015 and 2020. There were 656 similar admissions at Newcastle hospitals, and 656 at the Royal Free London hospitals. – False
