The tesseract Lemmy app, has a little overview from mediabiasfactcheck.com (MBFC). It seems like a clever way to foster a healthy community.

If you click on the ranking you get details.

ranking details for CNN

EDIT: Sorry to stir up an old hornet’s nest.

EDIT2: Commenters have some valid criticisms of MBFC. Even if there are flaws, I would like to celebrate all attempts at elevating the conversations we are having.

  • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
    151·
    5 days ago

    Members tend not do their own research and only live to complain about the existence of it.

    But then

    lets me know to look for certain things on the article before I enter so I know if I should take it with a grain of salt or not.

    You are talking about yourself in the first sentence.

    • PikaEnglish
      23·
      5 days ago

      that could be true, if I didn’t double check the sources. If that is how you would be doing it then sure, but I use it as a guideline not a rule, and check for facts after.

      There’s nothing wrong with using something as a blueprint/template. Seeing a strong lean in credibility or positioning tells me that I should be more serious on fact checking on it as there will be bias.