Fair and Balanced -- Almost

SF Weekly by Martin Kuz | Mar. 28, 2007 (News Report)

Enter NewsTrust, an online rating service self-touted as "your guide to good journalism." The nonprofit Web site (www.newstrust.net) appraises the credibility of stories across the mainstream and alternative news continuum, from the New York Times to Captain's Quarters, a conservative blog. Founded by Fabrice Florin, a former Apple and Macromedia honcho who later launched Handtap and GoComics, NewsTrust assigns a rating of one to five stars to a story ... Full Story »

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by Donald Carl Isenman - Oct. 1, 2008

The idea that the NYTimes and NPR are liberal when they are very establishment oriented--middle of the road at best--and that the Wall Street Journal, other than their totally bizarre editorial pages, is right wing journalism (their reportage is excellent in my view), is a false dichotomy. Why is it so difficult to stick to facts? Facts may be disputed but calling them liberal or right wing is done by those who don't have the capacity to cope with facts they do not wish to entertain.