Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis (www.aljazeera.com)
from Deceptichum@quokk.au to world@lemmy.world on 29 Jul 2024 19:04
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MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world on 29 Jul 2024 19:05 next collapse
Al Jazeera Media Bias Fact Check Credibility: [**Medium**] (Click to view Full Report)

### Al Jazeera is rated with Medium Creditability by Media Bias Fact Check. > Bias: Left-Center
> Factual Reporting: Mixed
> Country: Qatar
> Full Report: mediabiasfactcheck.com/al-jazeera/
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Deceptichum@quokk.au on 29 Jul 2024 19:08 collapse

Please note MBFC is the subjective opinion of one anonymous man who runs it all. It is incredibly biased and should not be used.

Timii@biglemmowski.win on 29 Jul 2024 19:52 collapse

Not 1 man. A team of volunteers and contractors. I challenge you to find competitors doing a better job.

TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml on 29 Jul 2024 20:11 next collapse

The fact that their methodology downgrades factual rankings if they (arbitrarily) deem a source left/right bias even if they’ve never failed a fact check shows how terrible it is.

They give the ADL which Wikipedia has deemed unreliable their 2nd highest ranking shows even their fact checking isn’t good.

Timii@biglemmowski.win on 29 Jul 2024 20:16 collapse

One of the reasons journalists (are supposed to) minimize bias is because if they tell one side of a story by definition they omit information from the other side.

TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml on 29 Jul 2024 20:20 collapse

If they omit information then you can fact check that. Automatically downgrading factuality because they’re not considered centrist by the website arbitrary definition that’s based on the USs skewed view of left and right isn’t objective in anyway.

Timii@biglemmowski.win on 29 Jul 2024 20:24 collapse

You’re wording it poorly. They downgrade factuality due to sounding left or right, not the absence of being centrist. Centrism is itself a bias which is why it is on a scale and not called neutral.

TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml on 29 Jul 2024 20:36 collapse

Again left/right based on the website creators definition of those words which is going to be biased.

Deceptichum@quokk.au on 29 Jul 2024 20:12 collapse

Media Bias Fact Check, LLC is a Limited Liability Company owned solely by Dave Van Zandt. He also makes all final editing and publishing decisions.

He’s literally a random man from North Carolina who decides what is and isn’t media bias.

This is not a quality service run by a team of trained professionals. It should not be taken as an arbiter of anything, nor lent any credibility.

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yogurt@lemm.ee on 29 Jul 2024 20:46 collapse

having no outstanding, individual, or unusual features; unremarkable or impersonal. “the anonymous black car waiting to take him to the airport”

Timii@biglemmowski.win on 29 Jul 2024 20:50 collapse

Are you seriously arguing having a name known to the public is not an individual feature?

Timii@biglemmowski.win on 29 Jul 2024 19:50 collapse

Calling for “radical solutions” is a very poor choice of words atm.