It’s roughly correct about the political leanings of UK newspapers as far as I’ve seen, but it’s way off on the accuracy and factual reporting measures. It seems to give loony papers a pass and the responsible ones a drubbing. I get the feeling right wingers did the calibration.
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Routhinator@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
I downvote it when its opinion is clearly wack. Like when it tries to give Washington Post a highly trusted rating after all the inflammatory, biased shit they’ve been putting out.
davidagain@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Yeah anything responsible that reports and corrects mistakes made in past reporting get a low score for factual accuracy, when these should be getting the highest scores.
It’s completely backwards.
BlorpTheHagraven@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
Yeah, or when it says The New York Times is leftist.
Helpful for keeping me honest about checking sources, not always very honest itself.