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[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 year ago (12 children)

from MediaBiasFactCheck.com

Mint Press News – Bias and Credibility

FAR LEFT BIAS

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.

  • Overall, we rate Mint Press Far-Left Biased and Questionable based on the publication of conspiracy theories, pseudoscience anti-Israel propaganda, poor sourcing, failed fact checks, and false claims.

Detailed Report

  • Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracies, Pseudoscience, Poor Sources, Failed Fact Checks
  • Bias Rating: FAR LEFT
  • Factual Reporting: LOW
  • Country: USA
  • Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
  • Media Type: Website
  • Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
  • MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY

History

Mint Press News is an independent Minnesota-based news website launched in 2012 by Mnar Muhawesh. It covers political, economic, foreign affairs, and environmental issues. According to their about page, “We focus our coverage on issues relating to the effects of special interest groups, big business and lobbying efforts and how they shape policies at home and abroad, including American foreign policy. Through the lens of social justice and human rights, we report on how these dynamics drive our foreign affairs and impact the world, and examine the effects they have on our democracy and freedoms as defined by the constitution.”

Analysis / Bias

Mint Press presents news with a strong left-leaning bias in story selection. Headlines and articles use moderately loaded language like this: NFL Freezes Policy Barring Players From Kneeling During Anthem. This particular story is republished from the conspiracy website ZeroHedge. Typically, Mint Press sources their information, but sometimes it is from Mixed factual or conspiracy websites. In general, story selection moderately favors the left, such as this Trump Administration Opens Door for Corporate Attack on Vulnerable Wildlife.

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[–] meth_dragon@hexbear.net 64 points 1 year ago (60 children)
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[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 63 points 1 year ago (19 children)

pseudoscience anti-Israel propaganda

Lol what is this even supposed to mean

[–] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It means they peddle far-left conspiracy theories like Palestinian children needing water and food to survive which is something that Israeli scientists have debunked

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[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago (9 children)
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[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago

michael-laugh um ackshually, fact check

[–] Devion@feddit.nl 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

We need a bot for this. Synopsis should be added to the tldr-bot or something.

[–] uralsolo@hexbear.net 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think so. That whole website is premised on an elementary logical fallacy. Just because a news source is left- or right-leaning doesn't make it inherently less trustworthy than a "centrist" one, in fact all you've done is introduce your own untrustworthy ideological bias into the judgement criteria by proactively dismissing anyone who doesn't align with your definition of centrism.

[–] MORTARS@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

it's just a test of how much the position agrees with the people running the website haha

there's no such thing as "bias-free" propaganda, and propaganda isn't inherently subversive

[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

why? read the article, and if you can't tell the bias that's on you.

[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ya know, I’ve looked into it. one of the biggest problems with bots is that they have to be hosted from somewhere. that’s my first hiccup.

I’d LOVE to make this a bot, but I don’t know where I’d host it from.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can get a cheap VPS with a couple cores and some RAM for less than $5.

[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

can I run it from inside a docker container?

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[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oracle Free Tier - 4 CPU, 24 GB RAM.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve heard it’s very unreliable and people have had their VPS deleted without warning.

Have backups. :)

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Seriously? That's awesome

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[–] TheGamingLuddite@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy shit is this a bit? Do people on here really still believe in a neutral or unbiased press? Shouldn't virtually every event from the Iraq war onward have already disillusioned you of that?

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