"Now This News" - Media bias Fact Check . Just FYI as to it's Credibility

[Budi]

Last edited Sun Oct 10, 2021, 03:07 AM - Edit history (2)

II see Now This News vids & refs posted here often. I did a source fact check, & believe we need to start Informing when a linked source has this low a credibility rating & bias is on the Extreme end of the spectrum. It's truthfulness becomes discredited.
Regardless what they say, Now This News has a REALLY BAD report from Mediabias factcheck.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/mediabiasfactcheck.com/nowthis-news/%3famp=1

Questionable Reasoning: Propaganda, Failed Fact Checks

*Bias Rating: FAR LEFT BIAS
*Factual Reporting: MIXED
*Country: USA (45/180 Press Freedom)
*Media Type: Website
*Traffic/Popularity: MediumTraffic
*MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
Overall, we rate NowThis News Questionable based on far-left bias, promotion of liberal propaganda and five verified failed fact checks.

*History
NowThis News was founded in 2012 by Huffington Post co-founder and former chairman Kenneth Lerer and former Huffington Post CEO Eric Hippeau. They use Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and YouTube as their primary news distribution outlets.

*Funded by / Ownership
NowThis News is owned by Group Nine Media and is funded through advertising.
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news.
Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for profit or influence (Learn More).
Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact-checked on a per-article basis.
Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. (See all Questionable sources.)
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"It doesn't have to be true, it just has to keep the big money flowing up to The Big Corporate!"

[abqtommy]

1. Thanks for this information. I was interested in the statement

"based on far-left bias, promotion of liberal propaganda" since here where I live
the "far left" refers to communism and why any communist group would promote
liberal propaganda is beyond my understanding.

I'm pretty cynical about most things and I don't trust a lot of "sources", such as
google which you're using here and it certainly appears to want all the money in the
world. But that's just me.

It's pretty early in the day for all these deep thoughts so have a good one!

[FelineOverlord]

2. I love NowThis News

I love their videos. They are great.

They don't pretend they aren't "left" in their politics - it's VERY obvious from their videos.

I love how they expose ridiculousness. I love their disdain for Trump and other Republicans.

I will continue to watch them.

[Hortensis]

6. "I love"? Uhoh. People "love" Fox and OAN also.

Our brains very often store "input" we know is false without the false flag, so that it's added to our store of knowledge as information.

If they're that good, it means they're high-grade pickling juice.

[FelineOverlord]

9. 6. "I love"? Uhoh. People "love" Fox and OAN also.

I also enjoy Randy Rainbow and Roy Zimmerman, in addition to reading ProPublica and the Texas Tribune.

I watch all the videos made by Lincoln Project, Meidas Touch, Don Lewis and Really American because they are well made even if I don’t care for individual members of TLP and their past behavior.

I also just bought a book by Bellingcat and another book about the Panama Papers.

A variety of approaches to exposing problematic behavior makes things much more interesting.

[FreepFryer]

3. I don't like Now This News. Their Russia coverage is so bereft and weak it makes me doubt them. (Nt)

[George II]

4. Pushing the far left extreme of the spectrum:

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[Dirty Socialist]

5. I don't follow it. HOWEVER,

Stephen Colbert correctly said the truth has a liberal bias. Just because it’s far left doesn’t necessarily mean it’s wrong. I once emailed someone I know about a Cleveland Plain Dealer article. He responded that a newschecking agency called the newspaper “bias”. That was good enough for him to ignore the article. That keeps in line with what I found to be a Connie fact: Many Connies are piss poor listeners.

[W_HAMILTON]

7. I've never seen them post any lies.

They do seem to post more from the left side of things, but I've never seen them post outright lies or even anything misleading. Of course, I don't follow them that closely to say definitively one way or the other, but I'm more referring to when I see their stuff posted around here or other forums.

[lapucelle]

12. They have 5 failed fact checks.

Overall, we rate NowThis News Questionable based on far-left bias, promotion of liberal propaganda and five verified failed fact checks.

Failed Fact Checks

1. No, Internet, CNN didn't delete its poll showing Bernie Sanders won the Democratic debate – Pants on Fire
2. Now This news site says Donald Trump wrong and Bill Clinton didn’t sign NAFTA – False
3. Wood in Cheese? – Mostly False
4. DID BUSH’S POPULARITY DOUBLE AFTER TRUMP WAS ELECTED? – False
5. Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote – False

Overall, we rate NowThis News Questionable based on far-left bias, promotion of liberal propaganda and five verified failed fact checks. (10/3/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 3/14/2021)

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/nowthis-news/

[BeckyDem]

8. Your source:

The Columbia Journalism Review describes Media Bias/Fact Check as an amateur attempt at categorizing media bias and Van Zandt as an "armchair media analyst".[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Bias/Fact_Check#cite_note-CJR-2



The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) is a magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its contents include news and media industry trends, analysis, professional ethics, and stories behind news.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Journalism_Review



I have never heard of Now This News before seeing your OP....sounds pretty awful too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NowThis_News

[LeftInTX]

10. Much more accuarate than Politicususa

They're a short video group, mostly designed for sharing on social media.

They aren't "over the top"...They don't spread fake news like Politicusua and Palmer Report.

A video from yesterday:

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Thank you for posting this