MB/FC is a good source that is not biased.

If only you understood how computers dealt with timezones… you’d be amazed how much critical shit in the world ends up being run by “Just one guy we all sort of just trust”.

It’s easier to judge the credibility of one guy than a thousand guys.

To be fair, I don’t much attention to it either, and you can always block the bot so that you don’t see it. I already blocked that AI summary bot because I don’t trust some random person’s LLM to be unbiased and truthful.

American Bias

Everywhere in the world is very skewed from the rest of the world. Someone in Venezuela would likely not agree with a bias rating given by someone in the UK and they likely wouldn’t agree with someone in India who would likely not agree with someone in China. What you’re basically saying, perhaps without realizing it, is that bias ratings shouldn’t be given at all.

Centrist Bias

I don’t know why FAIR is being rated as “High” instead of “Very High” by MB/FC but I don’t see this as some kind of overwhelming issue. The Intercept ranking has an explanation in the report and you should read it but it comes down to the fact that they’re known to only cover certain stories, they’re known to repress journalists, and they’ve been previously caught with writers that were making stuff up. Despite all of that they’re still being rated “mostly factual”, so again I’m not seeing this as an overwhelming issue.

Questionable Fact Checking

So the ADL is ranked the same as FAIR. Seems consistent. You’re also overstating the Wikipedia article, Wikipedia only considers them unreliable on the Palestinian Conflict. The ADL is still perfectly fine (with them) for other things.

MB/FC does still rate ADL as “High” but it’s worth note that the Wikepedia re-date happened after MB/FC’s last review of the ADL. The next time that MB/FC re-rates the ADL it’s like to go down or get specific notes regarding the Palestinian Conflict.

I thank you for taking the time to reply. I did look at and consider your argument and your sources but at the end I find them to be unpersuasive. There’s no sign of serious problems, how MB/FC evaluates sources is clearly stated and appears to be consistently applied. I will watch the ADL ranking to see what, if anything happens, but a single example of something that needs a re-rank on a specific issue doesn’t demonstrate a pattern. Finally there’s isn’t a single media bias checker on the planet that can be all things to all people at all times, it’s not possible, and since it’s not possible you really can’t knock them for not being up to a literally impossible standard.

Both Ground News and Media Bias are tuned to a very US-centric vision of what is left or right

It’s a fair criticism but the idea that there’s some Media Bias organization out there that CAN do the job is false. Everywhere in the world is very skewed from the rest of the world. Someone in Venezuela would likely not agree with a bias rating given by someone in the UK and they likely wouldn’t agree with someone in India who would likely not agree with someone in China. What you’re basically saying, perhaps without realizing it, is that bias ratings shouldn’t be given at all.

Unfortunately, said window is also slinding to the right in Europe under the influence of European right leaders calling anything left of center “far-left”, see for example : Macron.

Excellent example. To an American Macron would be “Far Left”. To a Frenchie he’s “Center”. In China he’d likely be “Right or Far Right”.

This highlight the problem. NO Media Bias organization could ever possibly hope to encompass all of that, so the best that’s possible is for the rating organization to clearly explain their viewpoint, methodology, and be consistent in their ratings. All of which I think MB/FC is doing acceptably well.