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
Funny thing is Media bias fact check is a very biased fact checker!
It isn't so funny. It is the point, however. When no one knows what the actual facts are, and fact checkers just blur things even more, no one can actually make decisions based in reality. Now, who would have a vested interest in seeing that happen??
