Aspen Times Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Middle

Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for Aspen Times according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: -0.53

Reliability: 46.03

Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 36 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-36 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and/or analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between content pieces.

Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.

The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine the bias score of a piece of content, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the source’s overall bias score.

To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the source’s overall reliability score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the horizontal axis of the Media Bias Chart®️, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, selective/incomplete, misleading, and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Individual Content Sample Scores

These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source.

Content Sample URL Bias Reliability
President Biden rails at Lauren Boebert while touting energy policy in her district-3.6741.67
Nothing to see here, folks: No NYE fireworks planned in Aspen-0.3343.33
Judge dismisses several water uses in White River reservoir case-1.3347.67
High Country: The Top 10 Cannabis Strains of 2020-1.236.8
Eagle County rolls out COVID-19 vaccines for residents 70 and older0.051.0
Pitkin County’s incidence rate is 3rd highest in Colorado0.047.67
Bolstering the toolbox of first responders in fight against COVID-190.047.67
Hundreds line up for space-heater distribution in Aspen after day-long gas outage0.048.0
Faces of the Pandemic: Through the lens of a TSA agent0.045.33
Aspen investigation continues as natural gas comes back, along with heat0.051.0
Aspen declares state of emergency due to gas outage0.049.67
Aspen-area party businesses warned not to violate health order-146.33
Going above and beyond to feed the hungry during Christmas week-146.67
Skier killed in Berthoud Pass avalanche near Winter Park Resort marks fourth death this season0.047.67
Vandalism causes disruptions to Aspen gas service, energy company says0.047.33
“Faces of the Pandemic”: Leading under pressure during an unprecedented year0.038.67