4 Things Media Bias Charts Aren’t Measuring Yet—And Why They Matter

4 Things Media Bias Charts Aren’t Measuring Yet—And Why They Matter

Download Print-Friendly Version By most measures, today’s media-literacy boom has been a public good. Charts from Ad Fontes, ratings from AllSides and Media Bias/Fact Check, “nutrition labels” from NewsGuard, and “blindspot” dashboards from Ground News give ordinary readers quick heuristics for what’s trustworthy and how coverage breaks across left–right lines. In a chaotic information environment, that’s helpful. But these tools also flatten th…