Bias
Lean Left
Bias reference · FACT-CHECKER · LEAN LEFT · FACTUALITY HIGH
Is FactCheck.org biased?
Can a university-run fact-checker stay neutral? nwsly rates FactCheck.org Lean Left, factuality High. See our reasoning and where its story choices lean.
Reference rating. FactCheck.org is not one of the sources nwsly draws from — it's a fact-checker, not part of our daily-five lineup. We rate it here because readers search for it. For the outlets we actually source, see the source list.
Factuality
High
Category
Fact-checker
Affiliation
Annenberg Public Policy Center, UPenn
What FactCheck.org is
FactCheck.org is a fact-checker — Annenberg Public Policy Center, UPenn. nwsly does not include it in the source pool the app builds your daily five from; this page exists as a bias-and-factuality reference for readers comparing it against the outlets nwsly does cite.
Where FactCheck.org lands
nwsly places FactCheck.org at Lean Left with a factuality rating of High, using the same two-layer method we apply to every source — cross-referenced against AllSides, Media Bias/Fact Check, and Ad Fontes, then reconciled in-house. Our full methodology is public.
Why this is a reference page, not a source
nwsly's product is a finite daily brief synthesized from straight-news reporting. Fact-checkers like FactCheck.org sit outside that remit — so we rate them for transparency without drawing coverage from them. See every source we do use.